Ocean Events
Dec
5
Surrogate Whale Watch Presentation
December 5, 2020
Gray whales at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Era Horton.
In normal winters, we would be fast approaching Whale Watch Week, and State Parks’ Whale Watching Spoken Here program would be gearing up. But it is 2020, we’re back to a coronavirus “freeze,” and there will be no public whale-oriented...
Dec
13
King Tide Project, Second Series
December 13, 2020
From the King Tides archives--a January, 2020 king tide at Cape Kiwanda.\Photo by Day Tooley.
The second round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Dec. 13-15, 2020. (The final high tide series which...
Dec
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 16, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) assists a student with the marine debris survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Jan
7
Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes
January 7, 2021
King tide threatens Rockaway Beach.\Photo by Lawrence Soto.
The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13. To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...
Jan
11
King Tide Project, Third Series
January 11, 2021
King tide in January, 2020, at Del Rey Beach access in Clatsop County.\Photo by Jim Stewart.
The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...
Past Events
Jun
25
Presentation on Marine Mammal Acoustics
June 25, 2020
Whales, probably vocalizing.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
The Marine Mammal Institute at the Hatfield Marine Science Center is interviewing candidates for an open assistant professor in cetacean biology. This gives the public an opportunity to learn about current research on marine mammals,...
Jun
24
Virtual Rocky Habitat Training
June 24, 2020
Low tide at Otter Rock Marine Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
In June, the CoastWatch webinar series is focusing on the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy and the “site designation” process that is just beginning.
On Wednesday, June 24, 6 p.m., we’ll be hosting a webinar that...
Jun
23
Presentation on Baleen Whales
June 23, 2020
Gray whale at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The Marine Mammal Institute at the Hatfield Marine Science Center is interviewing candidates for an open assistant professor in cetacean biology. This gives the public an opportunity to learn about current research on marine mammals, because...
Jun
19
Orca Action Month Happy Hour
June 19, 2020
Colleen Weiler and orcas.
June is Orca Action Month, and one of the annual festivities in a happy hour get-together and chat. The get-together part can’t happen this year, but undaunted, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, with the help of Hopworks Urban Brewery, is moving the happy hour...
Jun
18
‘Story of Plastic’ Showing
June 18, 2020
Plastic debris choking the ocean.|Photo by Kip Evans.
CoastWatch is joining forces with the North Coast Chapter of Surfrider Foundation and Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve to sponsor a free online showing of the film “The Story of Plastic” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. The...
Jun
17
Rocky Habitat Webinar
June 17, 2020
Tidepools and Otter Rock.\Photo by Alex Derr.
In June, the CoastWatch webinar series is focusing on the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy and the “site designation” process that is just beginning.
On Wednesday, June 17, 6 p.m., we’ll be hosting Charlie Plybon, Surfrider’s policy...
Jun
13
Seabird Monitoring Training Online
June 13, 2020
Double-crested Cormorant at Stonefield Beach.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
Despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus, preparations are still being made for seabird nesting colony monitoring. On Saturday, June 13, at 10 a.m., Portland Audubon, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and other...
Jun
11
Virtual Film Event
June 11, 2020
Marine debris (mostly plastic) found on a single beach walk in Netarts.
Join the Newport Chapter of Surfrider Foundation, Oregon Sea Grant, Hatfield Marine Science Center Green Team, and Thompson's Sanitary for a free virtual screening of “The Story of Plastic,” followed by a Q&A panel...
Jun
10
Presentation on Oregon Islands
June 10, 2020
Some of Oregon's islands at sunset.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
CoastWatch’s webinar series is focusing on rocky shores and rocky habitats this month, as the public site designation process gets started for the newly adopted Rocky Habitat Management Strategy. While most of the attention has...
Jun
10
Marine Debris Survey Training
June 10, 2020, Hammond
Starting a marine debris survey at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Jesse Jones.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores...