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Keen To Support Sentinel Ocean Alliance & Make A Lasting Difference?

October 17, 2023

Through donating, you can directly support our core initiatives by empowering coastal youth, and helping to foster a deep respect for the ocean – instilling the values of environmental stewardship.... Read more...

251 Kgs of Waste Intercepted on International Cleanup Day

October 17, 2023

Lagoon Beach, Milnerton was in dire need of a cleanup this month! We teamed up with Rondebosch Boys Prep and headed to the shores with a crew of 210 people... Read more...

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis Comes To Visit SOA

October 17, 2023

4 years ago, this corner of Hout Bay Beach was a giant dust bowl with nothing on it. Since then, we've taken great pride in not only building and developing... Read more...

Relentless Hope

December 6, 2021

I want to grapple with the complex concept of hope. The world increasingly continues to overwhelm, with mining operations threatening to destroy hundreds of kilometres of pristine coastline on our... Read more...

Community Based Conservation - Ownership is the key to care

August 30, 2021

Community based conservation Ownership is the key to care.“Some of these islanders dutifully recited for us their ancient law: “Take no more from the sea in one day than there... Read more...

Do Beach Cleanups Really Make A Difference?

July 26, 2021

Do Beach Cleanups Really Make A Difference? When it comes to plastic waste littering our beaches, it sometimes feels like we are fighting a tsunami-sized problem, and that our actions... Read more...

Giving a Voice To The Earth

June 29, 2021

Sentinel Ocean Alliance welcomes draft international law defining ‘Ecocide’ as a punishable offence, alongside war crimes and genocide. “In wildness is the preservation of the world” - Henry David Thoreau.... Read more...

Meet Luciano Pelston - Vice Captain of HBSLC

June 24, 2021

Luciano was just another boy lost. Barely surviving in the shadow of the Sentinel. Set in the fishing community of Hangberg, in Hout Bay, where many young men are drifting... Read more...

Meet Chadwin George - Vice Captain of HBSLC

June 23, 2021

A few years ago, Chadwin, a local resident of the Hangberg Community, was working for the City of Cape Town picking up litter on Hout Bay beach. He had no... Read more...

ETV interview for the Parley Ocean School

January 4, 2021

Big wave surfer, Frank Solomon, has partnered with an international company, to not only educate the youth about ocean safety and protection but give them a little more hope for... Read more...

GIVE with Sealand Gear

January 3, 2021

@sealandgear chose us to partner with for their GIVE initiative! For every R1500 spent, an amazing upcycled bag was given to one of our kiddos filled with goodies from @pna_capetown as well as... Read more...

Frank chats to Kieno Kammies

January 2, 2021

Frank Solomon recently caught up with Amy McIver on Cape Talk to talk about inspiring our next generation of eco-warriors with our Parley Ocean School and creating ocean-based opportunities for... Read more...

Launch of Parley Ocean School at Sentinel Ocean Alliance

December 15, 2020

Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Sentinel Ocean Alliance founded by Frank Solomon in 2017 to create ocean-based opportunities and environmental education for the youth of South Africa, is pleased... Read more...

The Little Optimist Global Challenge

November 17, 2020

Sentinel Ocean Alliance was formed to create ocean-based opportunities for the underprivileged youth of Hout Bay. This year may have been a tough one globally, but it has been a... Read more...

RACE ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE ON CAPE TALK

November 17, 2020

Kieno Kammies, Presenter on Cape Talk (567 AM) hosted an hour-long interview with Frank Solomon from SOA and the offshore sailor, Adrian Kuttel. Kieno Read more...

SOA Feeding Initiative: Behind the Scenes

May 5, 2020

A little vid showing the process of compiling and providing these amazing food parcels in colaboration with the Fish Inniative. Read more...

Why We Started the Hout Bay Surf Lifesaving Club

April 16, 2020

There were a few important factors over a couple of months that came together in our minds and made us focus on this final goal of starting a new Lifesaving... Read more...

Letter from Frank: I would have said you are dreaming

April 15, 2020

If you had told me 3 years ago that I would set up a foundation in Hout Bay helping the youth learn more about the ocean I would have said... Read more...