Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 7am · Marina Park, Newport Beach
Sign up for the Newport Harbor Underwater Cleanup
Join 300+ scuba divers and shoreline volunteers pulling trash out of the harbor.
300+
Divers & volunteers
5,000 lbs
Trash pulled last cleanup
25.2 mi
Coastline & waterways
2012
Cleaning the harbor since
Join over 300 scuba divers and above-water volunteers who will be deployed around Newport Harbor to collect trash, plastics, and other water pollutants in a dedicated effort to keep the 25.2 miles of coastline, bay, and harbor waterways pollution-free. Volunteers collected over 5,000 pounds of trash and single-use plastics from the Newport Harbor during the last cleanup.
Event Schedule
September 26, 2026
Location
Marina Park
1600 W Balboa Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Newport Harbor Underwater Cleanup
7:00 - Volunteer check-in, location assignments, hosted breakfast
7:30 - Skippers report to assigned vessels
8:15 - Mandatory volunteer safety meeting at the main stage
9:00 - Volunteers deploy on dive boats (divers) and the Discovery Boat (above water)
9-11 - Cleanup commences
10-11 - Exhibitor roundtable (tentative)
11:30 - Volunteer group photo
11:30 - Raffle tickets and prizes, recognitions
Waiver For All Volunteers
All volunteers will need to sign a waiver to participate. Please click the link below to complete and electronically sign the NHUC waiver. Scuba divers will need their certification card to complete the waiver.
“They have beach cleanups on the first Saturday? They should have harbor cleanups… okay, we’re going to start a harbor cleanup, and we’ll start the first one right here in Newport Harbor.”
Billy Dutton — Co-founder
Event Schedule
September 26, 2026
Location
Marina Park
1600 W Balboa Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Newport Harbor Underwater Cleanup
7:00 - Volunteer check-in, location assignments, hosted breakfast
7:30 - Skippers report to assigned vessels
8:15 - Mandatory volunteer safety meeting at the main stage
9:00 - Volunteers deploy on dive boats (divers) and the Discovery Boat (above water)
9-11 - Cleanup commences
10-11 - Exhibitor roundtable (tentative)
11:30 - Volunteer group photo
11:30 - Raffle tickets and prizes, recognitions
Waiver For All Volunteers
All volunteers will need to sign a waiver to participate. Please click the link below to complete and electronically sign the NHUC waiver. Scuba divers will need their certification card to complete the waiver.
