About
MeWater Camps offers surf camps, surfing, weekend camping trips, overnight camps, an NYC summer exchange program, and summer internships. The program includes volunteer opportunities at surf days and weekend camping trips, as well as roles for older youth as youth ambassadors, summer MeWater interns, and mentors at surf camps. Some overnight camps include parents and extended family members.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: 2–3 full-day camps a week during the summer; weekends and after school once school is back in session
• Price: MeWater camps are free for the MeWater community, with more than 50 surf camps offered annually, and camps are always free.
MeWater Foundation is run by surfers and mental health professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. The leadership team includes Executive Director Eddie Donnellan and Program Coordinator Josh Berry. MeWater has been operating since 2015, expanded its camps into Santa Barbara in 2021, and launched a partnership with Salinas Surf Club in 2023. MeWater Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, and Eddie Donnellan and Tim Gras received the CBS News Bay Area Icon Award for bringing joy and healing to at-risk young people through the MeWater Foundation.
MeWater Foundation works to address the traumas and stressors young people from backgrounds of poverty and violence experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and provide them with a different way of relating to the world and communities they live in. The organization states that exposure to the ocean and nature has the power to educate, inspire, and empower, and that it addresses trauma and stress in young people from backgrounds of poverty and violence through access to the ocean and parks. MeWater describes Mother Nature as having the power to educate, heal, inspire, and empower and shares that source with those who need it most so they can access it forever.
MeWater is proud to partner with community groups including City of Dreams, Project Avary, Sunnydale Boys & Girls Club, Edgewood Center for Children & Families, Huckleberry Youth Services, Hope SF, and others. The program focuses on historically marginalized and underserved youth from backgrounds of poverty and violence and connects vulnerable young people to positive community members. It creates roles and support for Transition Age Youth during the transition from high school or foster homes into college and careers.
MeWater provides free transportation and all the gear for an enjoyable day on the beach and in the ocean. Camps are always free, with free transportation and all gear provided.
A participant, Tim Gras, said, “To have a moment where you can experience a little joy and feel good, that's something.” Another testimonial states, “Being immersed in the water and surfing was transformative for me at that age. It brought me a lot of, I think, immediate joy.”
Last updated June 18, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: 2–3 full-day camps a week during the summer; weekends and after school once school is back in session
• Price: MeWater camps are free for the MeWater community, with more than 50 surf camps offered annually, and camps are always free.
MeWater Foundation is run by surfers and mental health professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. The leadership team includes Executive Director Eddie Donnellan and Program Coordinator Josh Berry. MeWater has been operating since 2015, expanded its camps into Santa Barbara in 2021, and launched a partnership with Salinas Surf Club in 2023. MeWater Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, and Eddie Donnellan and Tim Gras received the CBS News Bay Area Icon Award for bringing joy and healing to at-risk young people through the MeWater Foundation.
MeWater Foundation works to address the traumas and stressors young people from backgrounds of poverty and violence experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and provide them with a different way of relating to the world and communities they live in. The organization states that exposure to the ocean and nature has the power to educate, inspire, and empower, and that it addresses trauma and stress in young people from backgrounds of poverty and violence through access to the ocean and parks. MeWater describes Mother Nature as having the power to educate, heal, inspire, and empower and shares that source with those who need it most so they can access it forever.
MeWater is proud to partner with community groups including City of Dreams, Project Avary, Sunnydale Boys & Girls Club, Edgewood Center for Children & Families, Huckleberry Youth Services, Hope SF, and others. The program focuses on historically marginalized and underserved youth from backgrounds of poverty and violence and connects vulnerable young people to positive community members. It creates roles and support for Transition Age Youth during the transition from high school or foster homes into college and careers.
MeWater provides free transportation and all the gear for an enjoyable day on the beach and in the ocean. Camps are always free, with free transportation and all gear provided.
A participant, Tim Gras, said, “To have a moment where you can experience a little joy and feel good, that's something.” Another testimonial states, “Being immersed in the water and surfing was transformative for me at that age. It brought me a lot of, I think, immediate joy.”
Last updated June 18, 2026.
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