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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Dec
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King Tide Talk and Training
December 14, 2017, Bandon
King Tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker.
Round three of this winter’s King Tide Project takes place Jan. 2-4. Join Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Sprague Room of the Bandon City Library (1204 11th...
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Dec
7
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Two Talks on Sea Level Rise
December 7, 2017, Newport
Yaquina River swamped by King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Wetlands Conservancy.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will join Fran Recht, habitat program manager for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, to discuss potential impacts of sea level rise to the Oregon coast...
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Dec
5
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King Tide Rendezvous
December 5, 2017, Newport
Meg Reed surveying riprap in the field.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up Dec. 3-5. Volunteer photographers can participate anywhere, but if you will be on the central coast and would like some companionship,...
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Dec
5
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King Tide Project, Second Series
December 5, 2017
King Tide at Wakonda Beach.\Photo by Woody Dukes.
The second round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place December 3-5. (The final round is set for January 2-4, 2018.) The project reveals areas...
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Dec
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King Tide Meet-Up.
December 4, 2017, Pacific City
Cape Kiwanda at King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Oregon King Tides.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up December 3-5. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the highest tides at...
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Dec
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King Tide Meet-Up.
December 3, 2017, Cannon Beach
Wreck of the Peter Iredale at King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Oregon King Tides.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up December 3-5. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the...
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King Tide Presentation
December 2, 2017, Yachats
Cape Perpetua and the Visitor Center.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will make a presentation on the King Tide Project, sea level rise, and citizen science at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101) just south of the cape, about three miles...
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Nov
30
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Beach Bill History Talk
November 30, 2017, Portland
Gov. Tom McCall confronts would-be beach privatizers at the Surfsand in Cannon Beach.
We’re winding up our year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Beach Bill with a last hurrah. Most of our events honoring the bill have, for obvious reasons, taken place on the beach,...
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Nov
18
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Birding Trip: Raptors & Waterbirds
November 18, 2017, Newport
Hawk. | Photo by Ram Papish
The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists invite you to join their field trip that begins at the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC). Lead by Chuck Philo, you will explore Yaquina Bay and the woodlands of South Beach which provide a wintering area for birds of prey...
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Nov
16
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Land-Sea Symposium
November 16, 2017, Yachats
West Shelter atop Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
As every year, this is an opportunity to learn about the...