Ocean Events
Offshore Wind Comment Deadline

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated two “call areas” for siting offshore wind energy turbines off Oregon’s coast (west of Coos Bay and Brookings). Once these areas have been confirmed after a comment...
Seminar on Soviet Whaling

Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at 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...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at 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...
Past Events
Help to Fill the Bill for Biannual Pelican Count

Volunteers are needed for a one-day citizen science project, surveying West Coast populations of the Brown Pelican. The survey takes place on October 15 during the four hours prior to “civil twilight.” Civil twilight begins at sunset or when the...
Seminar on Regeneration and Reproduction in Marine Annelids

The third of six seminars in the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's fall seminar series will feature Dr. Alexa Bely, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, speaking on "Evo-devo beyond the embryo: evolution of regeneration and aseual...
Marine Invertebrate Seminar

The second of six seminars in the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's fall seminar series will feature Dr. Richard Strathmann, Professor Emeritus, Friday Harbor Laboratories and...
Marine Biodiversity Seminar

The first of six seminars in the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's fall seminar series will feature Gustav Paulay, curator of marine malacology (the study of mollusks) at the...
Final Community Science Day of the Season at Otter Rock

Another CoastWatch Community Science Day is coming up at Otter Rock Marine Reserve. Anyone who would like to learn about shoreline ecology and citizen science is invited to attend—families...
Marine Debris Presentation

Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, spoke to the Yachats Academy of Arts and Science last year on the subject of marine debris, and the talk must have gone over well, because she is back by popular demand. The grandly...
Community Science Day at Otter Rock

Join us on June 25 for a special day devoted to the Otter Rock Marine Reserve and the citizen science work that CoastWatch conducts there. This occasion will also be the debut of our newly organizing CoastWatch...
Tsunami Debris Talk

Marine debris researcher John Chapman will discuss what we’ve been learning from the recent upsurge of tsunami debris in a special lecture on Friday, June 24, 6:30 p.m. at the Oregon Coast Community College’s Lincoln City branch...
World Oceans Day Beachwalk
To celebrate World Oceans Day, CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer will lead a walk at Seal Rock State Park, taking advantage of the minus tide that morning. Participants will explore the tidepools and driftline and learn about opportunities to contribute to coastal citizen science...
Oregon Ocean In Depth Talk

Oregon’s nearshore ocean has some unique features, carried our way by the California Current that flows the length of our coast. Marine ecologist Kirsten Grorud-Colvert will offer a wide-ranging talk about our neighboring sea in a presentation titled Into the Deep:...