The Ocean Belongs to Everyone

At My Clean Ocean, we believe that protecting our coastlines requires a multi-angled approach. By combining the power of visual storytelling, community-driven research, and targeted habitat defense, we are actively working to preserve the fragile marine ecosystems of Southern California and beyond.

The ocean industry — marine science, underwater filmmaking, conservation, dive instruction, aquaculture, coastal engineering — is overwhelmingly inaccessible to youth from underserved communities. The equipment is expensive. The training is expensive. The connections don’t exist.

My Clean Ocean exists to change that. We fund real expeditions, real training, and real mentorship — not field trips. We put professional underwater cameras in young hands, connect youth with working ocean professionals, and build pathways to certifications and careers that most of these kids never knew were possible.

Your donation doesn’t fund overhead. It funds the moment a young person from an underserved community descends into a kelp forest for the first time and realizes the ocean belongs to them too.