Menu
Come celebrate World Ocean Day at the Oregon Coast Aquarium! This event takes place on Sunday, June 7, and will feature marine-themed activities, art performances, and displays highlighting community partners from across Lincoln County.
Don’t forget! As with any of our day events, be sure to grab a free trading card from admissions or one of our tabling partners! Available while supplies last!
Sea Otter Feed at 10:30am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm.
Pinniped Feed at 11:00am and 2:30pm.
Pelican Presentation at 11:30am
Aviary Feed 2:00pm
Animal Ambassador Presentation at 12:00pm and 3:30pm
Alongside OCAq’s typical animal feeds and presentations, educational activities will take place throughout the day, and representatives from Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, Central Coast Food Web, Elakha Alliance, South Beach State Park, Cape Perpetua Collaborative, and more will be at the Aquarium to answer questions and share their conservation work.
The Aquarium’s World Ocean Day celebration is one of many taking place in Lincoln County–see below for a schedule of other opportunities on June 7th and beyond.
Location: Pacific Maritime Heritage Center or Online via Zoom
Sign Up Link
Join the MidCoast Watersheds Council to learn about the Central Coast Food Web and their Blue Foods Program in celebration of World Ocean Day for our June Community Meeting!
Location: Seal Rock State Recreation Site
Sign Up Link
Join a park ranger for a guided walk of the tidepools at Seal Rock. Enjoy the beautiful scenery, learn how to safely interact with tidepool creatures, and maybe discover a new favorite animal lurking in the shallow depths.
Location: The Wilds Taphouse: 755 SE College Way, Newport, OR 97366
Sign Up Link
Think you know the Ocean? Put your knowledge to the test at Marine Reserves Trivia: World Ocean Day edition in Newport, Oregon!
📅Saturday, June 6, 2026
📍 The Wilds Taphouse
🎟️ Free to play | First come, first served | No tickets needed
Did you know Oregon has 5 marine reserves? These special no-harvest areas act as living laboratories for our nearshore environment, each one unique in size, shape, habitat, and marine life.
Join us for a fun, fast-paced trivia night covering:
🌊 Oregon’s nearshore ecosystems
🗺️ Coastal geography & oceanography
📜 Marine reserve rules & regulations
🎁 Plus, compete for rad prizes!
Hosted in collaboration with Cape Perpetua Collaborative, Friends of Otter Rock, Oregon Marine Reserves Partnership, and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Come learn, compete, and celebrate Oregon’s incredible marine reserves, our investment in the future of the ocean. 🌊🐟
Location: Beverly Beach State Park Day Use Area
Sign Up Link
Celebrate World Oceans Day weekend with Friends of Otter Rock Marine Reserve! We are continuing our Art by the Shore workshop series with marine debris mosaics. We will begin by taking a stroll down Beverly Beach, collecting marine debris, and talking about plastic pollution/marine conservation. Then, we will head inside the Meeting Yurt to make mosaics out of the marine debris we collected. This program is intended for families with children of all ages.
Location: Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center
Sign Up Link
Though globally celebrated on June 8th, we’ll get a head start on the festivities on Saturday, June 6th with games, activities, films and lectures celebrating our oceans.
Location: Central Coast Food Web
Sign Up Link
A hands-on workshop led by The Reclaim Co-op. Learn to scrape and tan a fish skin, and create your own piece of fish leather to bring home!
A celebration for World Ocean Day. Joing us for a unique opportunity to get hands-on with upcycling food “waste” by making it into an incredibly strong and versatile leather. Students will learn how to create a piece of fish skin leather, and can take home their creation. Learn techniques to scrape, tan, and soften, led by Mark Hazelton of The Reclaim Co-op. Learn more about the work of the Reclaim Co-op, and how you can support the “100% Fish” efforts in Oregon! We can’t wait to see you at the Central Coast Food Web for this fun afternoon!
In early 2024, the Ocean Foundation launched a new multi-year campaign: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate. The aim is to keep pressure on global leaders to follow through on their commitments to 30×30 and its full implementation by 2030. You can learn more about benchmarks and wins the past years’ petition and support have brought.
A healthy ocean is a critical part of the solution to the climate crisis. With your help and that of hundreds of other organizations worldwide, the goal is to continue to promote and protect at least 30% of our blue planet by 2030!
World Ocean Day’s 2024 focus is on a 12 months of action program. Each month features a different focus, from learning about ocean climate, to environmental justice. All together, the goal is to treat ocean conservation as a single-day celebration, and something instead you can carry with you and act on throughout the year.
Want to take action? Learn ways you can take action locally in your community:
Looking for activities, lessons, coloring sheets and more? Check out WorldOceanDay’s resources for kids page!
If you would like to explore the work being done on Marine Protected Areas by Dr. Earle’s organization, Mission Blue, you can visit their website here.
Yes! The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife oversees the management and scientific monitoring of 5 areas along the Oregon Coast, called marine reserves.
Oregon’s marine reserves are areas in the ocean that are dedicated to conservation and scientific research. Within the marine reserves, ocean development and the removal of marine life is prohibited. Oregon created these marine reserves to conserve marine habitats and biodiversity. They also serve as living laboratories where we can learn about Oregon’s nearshore ocean environment and the effects that protections have over time on the marine habitat.
To find out more about the reserves and the science being conducted by the ODFW Marine Reserves Program and their partners you can visit their website here.
The Aquarium also works hard to help rehabilitate wild Oregon Coast animals including birds, sea turtles, octopuses and marine mammals.
Since opening in 1992, the Oregon Coast Aquarium has been a premier attraction on Oregon’s central coast and an enduring advocate for the health of our ocean. For over three decades this 501(c)3 non-profit organization has supported marine wildlife and fostered environmental stewardship through its education programs, community partnerships, and rehabilitation efforts. Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, the Oregon Coast Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 aquariums in the U.S., providing visitors with opportunities to connect with 15,000 animals spanning 300 different species. The Oregon Coast Aquarium is located at 2820 S.E. Ferry Slip Rd., Newport, OR. Learn more about the Oregon Coast Aquarium and its vital work at aquarium.org, 541-867-3474. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for the latest updates.
Copyright © 2026 Oregon Coast Aquarium. All rights reserved.