5 Ways You Can Celebrate World Oceans Day 2025

World Oceans Day 2025 is fast-approaching, but don’t worry, because we’re on hand to tell you what World Oceans Day is, what it involves and how you can celebrate this annual global event that aims to protect the ocean and the marine life that lives in it. Let’s dive deeper into World Oceans Day: here’s everything you need to know.

What is World Oceans Day?

World Oceans Day is celebrated annually across the world on 8th June. It’s a global day of recognition that focuses on raising awareness of the importance of the integrity of our oceans and the marine animals that live there. It aims to promote its protection and conservation to ensure the ocean remains a healthy habitat for marine and plant life.

It involves being more mindful of the environment, along with the impact that overfishing has on our seas. Whether you live in a coastal town or in a land-locked city, there are many things you can do to make sure that you’re celebrating World Oceans Day 2025 effectively, which is something we’ll get onto now.

5 ways to celebrate World Oceans Day 2025

You might not think that there’s much you can do by way of marking World Oceans Day, especially if you don’t live near the sea. But there are actually several things you can do to make sure you celebrate World Oceans Day 2025. From taking part in a beach clean-up activity to avoiding single-use plastic and everything in between, here are five ways to celebrate World Oceans Day, all of which you should aim to do throughout the rest of year to help preserve our oceans for generations to come:

1. Take part in a World Oceans Day activity or event

There are plenty of World Oceans Day activities or events that are put on throughout the country. It might be easier to attend those things if you live in and around a coastal area, but there are still plenty of events occurring locally that will allow you to take part in World Oceans Day. Check in and around your local area for what’s going on near you and have some fun marking World Oceans Days 2025.

2. Either refrain from eating seafood or choose sustainably-grown fish

You have the choice to either not eat seafood or World Oceans Day or simply choose to eat or buy sustainably-sourced fish. This involves choosing produce from a fishmonger, rather than from the supermarket. This is because a lot of fish sold in supermarkets are farmed and not organically sourced. Another option is to avoid eating seafood for the duration of World Oceans Day. According to FAO, 89.5% of fish stocks worldwide are either fully-fished or overfished, with meat consumption also being considered a major contributor to climate change.

3. Avoid single-use plastic

Surfers Against Sewage claims that over 11 million tonnes of plastic find their way into the ocean every single year. This has severe consequences for marine life. Condor Ferries states that 100 million marine animals die annually from plastic waste alone, with 100,000 of those marine creatures dying from plastic entanglement yearly.

As such, one of the best things you can do to mark World Oceans Day 2025 is to avoid using the plastic items that will, most likely, end up in the ocean. The items you should be avoiding, not just on World Oceans Day, but as much as you possibly can, include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Water bottles
• Straws
• Cups
• Lids
• Utensils
• Carrier bags

4. Go for a walk & appreciate the ocean

If you live in a coastal town, or even if you’re holidaying in a seaside town, then make an effort to go for a walk and appreciate the ocean. Walking helps to reduce your carbon footprint, as you’re not using a car or taking a bus, and having a newfound sense of appreciation for the ocean may motivate and inspire you to do what you can to protect it and the creatures that call it home.

5. Organise or participate in a World Oceans Day clean-up event

Either organise or attend an event to clean up your local beach. If you find that there aren’t any plans to carry out a beach clean-up, then make it your challenge to organise one so as to clear harmful materials from the beach, preventing that waste from ending up in the ocean and causing damage to marine life.

These small efforts to conserve our beaches not only prevent materials from entering the sea, but they will also inspire others to do the same. With the prevalence of social media, post your efforts online and then, someone from another coastal town will feel motivated to do the same thing where they live.