Study urges action along coastal communities with US projected to lose half its beaches by 2100

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new study is rallying coastal communities to protect themselves amid big cuts to federal climate resilience programs.

The Surfrider Foundation released its 2025 State of the Beach report , noting more than half of America’s beaches could disappear by the year 2100 due to climate-driven sea level rise.

“We’re in a bit of a limbo situation right now with the government shutdown and the funding there, but there are a number of folks, on both sides of the aisle in Congress, who understand the importance of, for example, funding for sea grants for coastal resilience, for the coastal zone management programs in states through NOAA, and have been fighting tirelessly to ensure that those dollars remain,” said Emma Haydocy, author of the study and Surfrider’s senior