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Waves of Grief CollectiveTM is a community of leading surf therapy practitioners and clinicians working together to reduce the feelings of isolation and loneliness that accompany grief and loss. We are all connected by our love for the ocean - how being in, on, or around the water can be healing - and facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration as long-held views about the grief experience evolve.
Regional Waves of Grief
Second SundayDrop In Hosts

San Francisco Bay Area
Waves of Grief became one of the world's very first ocean community-based surf therapy and peer grief support organizations to reduce loneliness and isolation in grief during COVID-19's early, most traumatic days.
Ventura & Santa Monica
Hydro Theory - hy·dro the·o·ry /ˈhīdrō/ /ˈTHirē/: The Theory that ocean experiences, when mindfully facilitated, brings about integration within the self, others, skillsets and the community. To “Just Add Water” in the life process to enhance healing and growth. The feeling of being in an enthusiastic or exhilarated state, “Stoked” YOU + WATER = STOKED