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.
No events currently scheduled.
Past Events
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King Tide Preview Presentations
December 14, 2018, Newport
Newport's Nye Beach during a king tide.\Photo courtesy of ORKingTide.
Mark your calendar for the kick-off to this year’s King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the reach of the highest tides of the year as a preview of sea level rise with climate change. The...
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Dec
12
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Marine Debris Monitoring Survey
December 12, 2018, Yachats
Cape Cove, site of the marine debris survey.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
A monthly marine debris survey has begun at Cape Cove, just south of Cape Perpetua. To participate, meet at Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101, about three miles south of Yachats) in the parking lot at 9 a.m. on...
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Dec
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CoastWatch Training Session
December 8, 2018, Newport
Aerial view of Beverly Beach.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer invites everyone interested in coastal natural history, but especially anyone interested in participating in one of our Community Science Teams, to a special training session she has planned...
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Dec
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Citizen Science Talk
December 1, 2018, Yachats
View from Cape Perpetua, with visitor center in middle ground.\Photo by Gregory Henton.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will provide a presentation on citizen science as part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series. Her talk, free and open to the public, takes place on...
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Nov
27
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Marine Debris Monitoring Survey
November 27, 2018, Florence
Muriel Ponsler State Wayside.\Photo courtesy of 100 Steps.
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Nov
18
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COASST Marine Debris Training
November 18, 2018, Astoria
COASST marine debris volunteers tally their results.\Photo by Hillary Burgess.
COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) conducts a marine debris project that differs from the one organized by CoastWatch. They are offering a training in their method which will take place in...
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Nov
17
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COASST Marine Debris Training
November 17, 2018, Lincoln City
COASST marine debris survey in progress.
University of Washington-based COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) conducts a marine debris survey which differs from the one CoastWatch organizes. They are offering a training session in their version of surveying which will take...
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Nov
15
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Land-Sea Symposium
November 15, 2018, Yachats
Mouth of Devils Churn at Cape Perpetua, low tide.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The 6th annual Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium is coming to Yachats, on the northern flank of the cape, on Thursday, Nov. 15, beginning at 5 p.m. Keynote speaker starts off the presentations at 5:30 p.m. The speaker...
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Marine Debris Monitoring Survey
November 13, 2018, Yachats
View from the trail to Cape Cove.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
A monthly marine debris survey has begun at Cape Cove, just south of Cape Perpetua. To participate, meet at Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101, about three miles south of Yachats) in the parking lot at 9 a.m. on Tuesday,...
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Nov
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Metro CoastWatch Gathering
November 9, 2018, Portland
Fawn Custer teaching at Strawberry Hill.\Photo by Dennis White.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer is on something of a farewell tour, as she will be stepping down from her post after next year’s conference in March. She will be visiting Portland for what is probably the last...