PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO SUPPORT SAFER BOAT BOUNDARIES FOR REEF ACCESS
By respectfully asking our City Commission to place boat boundaries outside the natural inner reef ledge.

Hollywood’s natural reefs are a community treasure—just a short swim from shore and enjoyed daily by families, snorkelers, and divers.

In an effort to increase safety, the City has voted to permit vessel exclusion buoys at 218 yards—82 yards closer than our current 300-yard ordinance. This plan does not increase safety.  This plan creates a dangerous boat lane directly over areas where snorkelers and divers swim, putting lives at risk. Parts of the first reef begin around 320 yards and extend farther out, so neither 218 nor 300 yards provides safe protection (see map at bottom).

Fire Chief, Jeff Levy, gave sound advice to our commission ‘to keep buoys past our nearshore reefs.’  We respectfully ask that this same safety measure be extended to include the natural first reef (aka 'inner reef'), where so many people snorkel every day.

We urge the City to place buoys beyond the first natural reef (or adopt other safety measures) to:


• Protect snorkelers, divers, and swimmers enjoying our popular Perry Rocks and first reef areas as well as mermaid project.
• Provide safe boat anchoring on sand, not reef
 (see map)
• Ensure fair reef access for both boaters and shore swimmers

✍️ For the swimmers, for the reef. Protecting the lives of those who swim to the first reef begins with our officials understanding how many people visit it each day.

Please sign the petition to urge our elected officials to ensure safe shore-to-first reef access and help safeguard these natural reef treasures for generations to come.

📢 Want to do more?

📢For the most impact:  Speak at any commission meeting.  1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 5 PM sharp.  Location: City Commission Chambers, 2600 Hollywood Blvd, Rm 219. Speak 3 min. Arrive early, bring ID, fill comment card (2nd floor).

📢Email your elected officials.  Share your experiences snorkeling or diving Hollywood’s reefs. Make it clear: these reefs are swimmable (about a 10-minute swim with fins), they are enjoyed, and most importantly, swimmer lives must be protected.

Email:

• Mayor & Commissioners: Mayor-Commissioners@hollywoodfl.org
• Public Safety: cobrien@hollywoodfl.org
• Beach Safety: jfuhrman@hollywoodfl.org
• Fire Chief: jefflevy@hollywoodfl.org
• Parks & Recreation: rengle@hollywoodfl.org

Below, is list of all emails to easily copy and paste: 

Mayor-Commissioners@hollywoodfl.org, cobrien@hollywoodfl.org, jfuhrman@hollywoodfl.org, jefflevy@hollywoodfl.org, rengle@hollywoodfl.org

Did you Know?

The Florida Reef Tract is the only coral reef tract accessible from shore in the Continental U.S.? Hollywood has some of the closest shore-to-reef access and best public beach parking in the region, making our reefs especially popular with swimmers, snorkelers, and divers.

*Barriers should be beyond the first reef,  not at 218 or 300. See below map for shore to reef distances.  (Note the natural sandy area just past the first reef).

*Any donations go to change.org, not the organizer.  You do not need to donate to sign.