CoastWatch Events

Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations. Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.

CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Aug
28

Tidepool Ambassador Tour

August 28, 2022, Florence

ea star and anemones\Photo by Victoria Tierney.
ea star and anemones\Photo by Victoria Tierney.

Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative is offering free, small-group tours with a Tidepool Ambassador Guide during the lowest tides of the summer. Tours will last one hour, guests are encouraged to continue exploring the reserve on their...

read more
Sep
11

Virtual Beached Bird Survey Training

September 11, 2022

COASST beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.
COASST beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.

On Sunday, Sep. 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) will conduct a virtual COASSTLite! introductory training session for anyone interested in participating in their...

read more
Nov
17

Land-Sea Symposium

November 17, 2022, Yachats

North boundary of Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. /Photo courtesy of Oregon Marine Reserves Flickr
North boundary of Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. /Photo courtesy of Oregon Marine Reserves Flickr

The Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium will be resuming as an in-person event for its 10th annual celebration this year. The event will take place at the Yachats Commons (441 U.S. 101, Yachats) on...

read more

Past Events

Dec
23

December 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

December 23, 2015 - December 25, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
read more
Dec
17

Presentation Will Show How Birding Counts

December 17, 2015, Newport

Photo of Wood Ducks by Ram Papish.
Wood Ducks. Photo by Ram Papish.
Birders and bird-lovers all over the nation, including the Oregon coast, participate every year in the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count.  This is a form of citizen science that has been running for decades.

There are a lot of active birders in the...

read more
Dec
16

Marine Debris Talk, Film in Lincoln City

December 16, 2015, Lincoln City

Photo of Fawn Custer with Sea Watch plants.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer.
Fawn Custer, our CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, will be wrapping up the year with two citizen science training sessions. The first of these is coming up Tuesday, December 15, at the Newport Public Library (35 NW Nye St.), from 6-7 p.m., or as...
read more
Dec
15

Marine Debris Talk, Film in Newport

December 15, 2015, Newport

Photo of Fawn Custer with Sea Watch plants.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer.
Fawn Custer, our CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, will be wrapping up the year with two citizen science training sessions. The first of these is coming up Tuesday, December 15, at the Newport Public Library (35 NW Nye St.), from 6-7 p.m., or as...
read more
Nov
24

November 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

November 24, 2015 - November 27, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
read more
Nov
20

Plant Violets So the Silverspot Won’t Be Blue

November 20, 2015 - November 21, 2015

Photo of early blue violets.
Help to invite the all-too-rare Oregon silverspot butterfly back to Clatsop County by joining a special project to plant violets on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20-21, at various sites on the Clatsop Plains between Gearhart and Warrenton.

This is the culmination of a 10-year project, led by the...

read more
Nov
7

Annual Meeting to Feature Overview of Oregon’s Ocean

November 7, 2015, Lincoln City

Photo of Bill Peterson with graduate students on the research vessel Elakha.
Oceanographer Bill Peterson will address the Oregon Shores annual meeting on Nov. 7 in Lincoln City. Peterson will survey the State of Oregon's Ocean. His presentation will consider the current El Nino, changes in ocean conditions such as "The Blob"; climate change impacts such as ocean...
read more
Oct
27

October 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

October 27, 2015 - October 29, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
read more
Oct
25

Beached Bird Survey Training in Crescent City

October 25, 2015, Crescent City

Photo of women recording beached bird data on the beach.
Conducting the beached bird survey. Photo courtesy of COASST.
CoastWatch serves as the Oregon partner for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a citizen science project dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high-quality data on the status of coastal...
read more
Oct
24

State of the Coast Conference in Coos Bay

October 24, 2015, Coos Bay

Aerial photo of Cape Arago.
The annual State of the Coast Conference is slated for Coos Bay on Saturday, Oct. 24.  The all-day event, which surveys a wide range of coastal issues and seeks to educate an equally wide range of stakeholders, takes place in the Hales Center of Southwestern Oregon Community College from 9...
read more