Ocean View, PADI Aware Foundation, Kraken Rum and the Fortune of War Pub
Beach Clean Up – Saturday 29th July

We all know that rubbish and plastic is a HUGE problem for our seas and the amazing creatures in it. More and more reports of how bad the plastic problem are in the news now, it is time to stop this attack on our seas and oceans.

We at Ocean View are joining forces with the PADI AWARE Foundation and Kraken Rum, and the Fortune of War Pub for a Brighton Beach Clean Up this summer. This will be both an under water and land based clean up, enabling lots of people to get involved, not just divers, if we can stop the rubbish going into the water in the first place, that’s the best option!

Starting locally we can make a difference, by helping to keep our local beaches clean we can be part of a bigger community taking care of our environment.

Beach cleans have a great visual impact to other residents and visitors, to highlight the need for keeping our beaches (and streets) clean. The timing of this, during the summer holiday period will have a huge impact, and will hopefully hi-light to visiting tourists to take their rubbish home instead of dumping it on the beach.

You don’t have to be a diver to be part of this, everyone can join in above and below the water to have an amazing impact.

The ‘Beach Clean’ part of the day

This will start at approx 12:00 to 2pm, with a meet up time of 11:30-11:45am.
Meeting Point is at the Fortune of War Pub on Brighton Seafront.

WORLD’S FIRST COCKTAIL BAR THAT ACCEPTS LITTER AS CURRENCY OPENS IN BRIGHTON

• The Kraken Rum is opening the world’s first cocktail bar where cash has been ditched in favour of exchanging a bag of litter for a round of delicious Kraken Rum cocktails
• The first-of-its-kind beach bar will reward goers participating in an earlier beach clean with a party where all drinks are on the Beast as a thank you for protecting its ocean home
• The Kraken Rum has partnered with marine conservation charity PADI AWARE to host the Beast’s Beach Blitz, a two-hour clean of Brighton Beach on Saturday 29th July, which will coincide with a dive for debris off Brighton Pier to help the charity in its mission to reduce ocean debris by half within the next decade
• The Beast will be taking over Fortune of War on Brighton’s seafront for the cleaning extravaganza

Taking place on Saturday 29th July, the first-of-its-kind beach bar will reward hard-working goers participating in a clean of Brighton Beach with a mighty party where all drinks are on the Beast as a thank you for protecting its ocean home. Kicking off at Fortune of War on Brighton’s iconic seafront, the cleaning extravaganza will begin at 12pm sharp – with special Kraken binbags, litter pickers and safety equipment provided for all.

A joint initiative between The Kraken and marine conservation charity partner PADI AWARE, the two-hour clean-up will aim to clear every piece of litter from Brighton Beach – and for those looking to take it one step further, limited positions will be available to go beneath the depths of the sea and quite literally dive for debris.

Then, after a brisk morning of environmental adventuring in honour of The Beast, a selection of delicious Kraken Rum cocktails will be awaiting the return of those adventuring the clean on land or sea – and can be simply redeemed by handing over a full bag of litter!

Briefing – held out the front of the Fortune of War Pub
To discuss the setup and rules for the clean, where we can go, what we should and should not collect, safety measures for handing (or not) items that could cause injury.
Allocation / Handing out cleaning equipment, logging to each participant.
Beach clean for an hour to hour and a half.
(you will all be shocked I’m sure at how much we will be able to clear in that time).
Debrief.
Return of equipment.
Logging Rubbish collected.

Not that we should need any incentive to be part of the solution to a huge problem that affects our underwater world, but, Kraken Rum, with The Fortune of War are offering some incentives as a reward for our work clearing up the beach.

This Registration link is for the BEACH CLEAN ONLY

For the dive, please read below.

The Dive Against Debris part of the day

For divers
High Water on the 29th July is at 9pm.

To ensure we have plenty of time to actually do an underwater clean up during daylight hours, to ensure safety, we will be getting kitted up ready to get in the water about 2-3 hours before high tide, so around 6-7pm.
Exact time to be confirmed when we have diver numbers.
This will allow us to be doing the underwater clean up whilst we still have some daylight, on the incoming tide, therefore always pushing us to shore, not out!
We suggest meeting at 4:30pm for a briefing and getting ready.

We will run the dive for 45minutes to 1 hour.

Whilst the temperature in July will allow you to dive in a wetsuit or drysuit, we recommend and advise bringing some dive gloves to make sure you look after yourself.

We suggest getting your kit sorted the day before, or during the week beforehand to avoid having to deal with ‘interested’ tourists. We are working on a plan to get it there, once you sign up to the dive, we will have more details.

Of course, if the weather determines that it is not safe for divers, the beach clean can carry on above the water line.

Get in touch if you need to organise some dive equipment with us for the dive.
You will need to show us your certification card for equipment rental.

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