Un Mar de Colores · Encinitas, CA
Family engagement opportunities — parents from Encinitas join field days and overnight orientation sessions.
Un Mar de Colores ofrece watershed education gratuitas para jóvenes de Encinitas de All ages años, directamente en la costa de Encinitas. Sirviendo a una comunidad del 28% BIPOC (62,007 residentes), nuestra instrucción se lleva a cabo en Moonlight Beach, Swami's, con entrenadores bilingües certificados y todo el equipo proporcionado. La inscripción prioritaria es para estudiantes de Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary.
Summer cohorts + year-round school field trips · Completamente gratis
Encinitas holds five distinct breaks — Moonlight Beach, Swami's, Beacon's, D Street, and Stone Steps — across Encinitas Union and San Dieguito Union High School District. Our lessons run at Moonlight Beach (with its sheltered lifeguard cove) and Swami's on calmer mornings, with Park Dale Lane and Capri Elementary as our primary Title I partnerships for inland-neighborhood recruitment.
How much does watershed camp cost in California? Paid eco-camps run hundreds per student. Un Mar de Colores provides overnight Watershed Explorers and school field trips free for Encinitas youth and classrooms.
Parents searching watershed education near Encinitas, CA find paid eco-camps first. Un Mar is different: BIPOC-led nonprofit programming with Tijuana River cross-border case study, Kumeyaay water perspectives, and Title I school partnerships — not generic nature camp marketing.
Encinitas sits inside San Diego County's coastal equity gap — 28% of residents identify as BIPOC, yet beach access has historically been gated by cost, transportation, and culture. Un Mar de Colores closes that gap with free programming and school-based recruitment.
Serving Encinitas means meeting families where they are: San Diego schools, community centers, and partner orgs that already hold trust. We don't wait for families to find the beach — we bring youth to the water.
Un Mar's primary Encinitas beginner location. Sheltered cove, year-round lifeguards, and direct access from Encinitas Library classroom programming.
Moonlight Beach is named for its former all-night beach parties in the late 1800s. Today it's Encinitas's primary family beach with a large sand area and protected swim zone.
Used only for intermediate/advanced Surf Athletic Scholarship students. Never a beginner break due to reef bottom.
Swami's is named for the Self-Realization Fellowship gardens on the cliff above. One of the most photographed surf spots in California, featured in the Beach Boys' 'Surfin' USA.'
En asociación con el Encinitas Union School District y organizaciones comunitarias locales, reclutamos jóvenes de 3+ escuelas Título I.
The Watershed Explorers program is Un Mar de Colores's flagship environmental education offering. Summer overnight cohorts trace the journey from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park's mountain streams to the San Diego coast, with special focus on the Tijuana River watershed — California's most cross-border and pollution-impacted river system. Curriculum integrates hydrology fundamentals, Indigenous Kumeyaay perspectives on water, and California coastal policy. Year-round day trips serve school field-trip groups across our 15+ Title I partner schools, and all programming is free with transportation included.
Since 2018, Un Mar de Colores has served thousands of youth across San Diego County and the Cali-Baja region — with funding from the San Diego Foundation, community grants, and individual donors keeping every program 100% free.
“"He used to approach new activities with extreme anxiety — to the point where sometimes we couldn't even get out of the car. Now he goes much deeper into the water."”
Yes — bilingual curriculum materials and field instruction are standard. In Encinitas, where 12% of households are Spanish-speaking, educators deliver watershed science in English and Spanish.
Transportation from partner Title I schools is included for classroom field trips. Inland Encinitas classrooms (on the coast from mountain or coastal sites) reach field locations because Un Mar solves buses — not teachers fundraising.
Aquarium trips show marine life in tanks. Watershed education traces the full pipeline — students stand in mountain streams, visit estuaries, and connect runoff from Encinitas to conditions at Moonlight Beach, Swami's. Field science with advocacy depth.
Sí. Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores en Encinitas son 100% gratuitos. Proporcionamos trajes de neopreno 3/2mm, tablas de surf, transporte desde escuelas asociadas como Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary, e instrucción bilingüe certificada. El financiamiento proviene de la San Diego Foundation, subvenciones comunitarias y donantes individuales.
Las lecciones principales se realizan en Moonlight Beach. También usamos Swami's según el nivel del grupo. Todas las sesiones de agua ocurren dentro de las zonas salvavidas de la bandera.
Servimos a jóvenes de All ages años. Nuestra Beca One Ocean cubre las edades 6-12, Ocean Stewards After-School sirve a 13-17, y las Becas Atléticas de Surf están disponibles para jóvenes competitivos a través de nuestras asociaciones con Encinitas Union School District.
Contáctenos a través de nuestra página de contacto. La inscripción prioritaria se otorga a estudiantes de Park Dale Lane Elementary, Capri Elementary, El Camino Creek Elementary y otras escuelas de Título I en Encinitas Union School District. Los grupos de verano suelen llenarse con 3-4 semanas de anticipación.
Ready to get your child in the water? Contact Un Mar de Colores — priority enrollment for Encinitas Title I school students.
Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores son gratuitos para jóvenes de Encinitas. Contáctanos para inscribirte, hacer voluntariado, o apoyar el movimiento.
Un Mar de Colores es una organización sin fines de lucro 501(c)(3) liderada por personas BIPOC, basada en Oceanside, California. Ofrecemos programación gratuita de surf, océano y educación ambiental para jóvenes en San Diego y Tijuana — conectando culturas, costas y comunidades desde 2018.
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