CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.
Past Events
Beached Bird Survey Training
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. Oregon is an Oregon partner. COASST participants (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make a difference for the environment by...
Tidepool Clinic
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Thursday, April 21, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, CoastWatch...
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...
Tidepool Clinic
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Tuesday, April 19, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus...
Marine Debris Monitoring Talks
The Friends of Haystack Rock are hosting Jesse Jones, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, and Hillary Burgess of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for an online discussion of marine debris and how to help to monitor it. “Marine Debris...
CoastWatch Marine Debris Trainings
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones will be holding a series of trainings on the central and north coast—Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln and Lane counties—from April 4 to April 8. Times and places are TBA, depending...
Tidepool ‘Explorience’
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, April 2, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic,...
Blacklock Point Hike with Oregon Shores
Join Oregon Shores board member Larry Basch and Jesse Jones, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, on a hike to Curry County’s Blacklock Point on Wednesday, March 30, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Meet at Cape Blanco Airport trailhead.
In...
CoastWatch Marine Debris Trainings
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones is holding a series of trainings on the south coast—Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties—from through April 2. Times and places are TBA, depending on requests for training. If interested, contact her...
CoastWatch Port Orford Training
The Redfish Rocks Community Team is hosting a training for CoastWatch’s marine debris survey on Tuesday, March 29, beginning at 4 p.m. Meet at Battle Rock Visitor Center (520 Jefferson St.) in Port Orford. Anyone interested in learning about the...