A Tauranga woman with a passion for keeping coastlines beautiful is encouraging locals to become part of an army of helpers who will be helping to clean our coast.

Love Your Coast Mount Beach clean-up offers the public the opportunity to come and assist in cleaning up some of the Bay's most beautiful shorelines.

Event organiser Breanna Roband says the event has spawned from her own love of the ocean.

'I love the coast, I love the ocean and I want to do my bit to help keep it clean and beautiful,” Breanna.

'I follow a charity called Sustainable Coastlines quite closely and love the work they do. They are about cleaning up but also education.

'The Love Your Coast idea came from them - they offer resources to people in communities to help them clean up by themselves.”

Breanna says the event is currently in its second year, and she plans to do it annually.

'Last year I wasn't happy with the numbers, but it was a lot more reactive last year and I didn't have enough time to promote and plan.

'We had about 20 people show up and collected just over 20kg of waste – most of that was recyclable.

'This year I'm hoping to get twice as many people involved. It's got great interest so I'm hoping if it's a nice day, we'll get a good crowd to come and help out.”

The clean-up will be based at Mount Drury, and anyone who participates is free to clean an area of their choice.

'People can either go from Mount Drury out to Leisure Island, Main Beach, south towards Rabbit Island or they can go and come back.

'Everyone has their own spaces that they like to go to or that they regularly visit along the coastline. Some people go to their local area to clean and then come back.

'We are encouraging people to clean where they want to go, and we just have to be careful about the rocks and the safety of the wildlife.”

She says the event attracts many locals and has even gained the interest of visitors.

The Beach clean up will on Sunday, November 5 at Mount Drury from 1pm-4pm