Our mission:

To protect our ocean ecosystem, establish sustainable water management practices and close Australia's 144 ocean outfalls.


In the ocean borders are just lines on someone's map. We all share the one ocean and its health and fate is at one with our own. Around the world there are many groups fighting to give the ocean a voice. Clean Ocean Foundation is this voice in Australia.

In the 21st century the pollution of our ocean and waterways is increasing exponentially. In Australia the worst polluters are the 144 ocean and estuary outfall pipelines that daily dump a toxic cocktail of more than three billion litres of semi-treated domestic, industrial, trade and abattoir waste onto or near the shoreline.

News & Events

Medical Log a powerful tool

Thanks to all those who have responded with their stories of Port Phillip pollution-related illness. The Clean Ocean Foundation Port Phillip Beaches Medical Log is set to become a powerful tool in convincing governments at all levels to SPEND on adequate sewerage and stormwater solutions for Melbourne and surrounds. Eye or ear infections, rashes, bacterial skin infections (ulcerations) after swimming/sailing/diving? Let us know, with your details so that we can follow up: info@cleanocean.org

EPA lets us down

Well, we had all sorts of assurances from the Victorian EPA that this year's Beach Report program for the 36 beaches of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay was going to be sooooo much better this year.

Then they simply didn't roster anyone to update forecasts for Boxing Day following big Christmas night rains ... and put thousands of Victorians at risk.

Not good enough!

Read The Age's story here