OPT -- 2025 in Review

We have just come off the most frustrating year since Oregon Pelagic Tours began operations in 2015. On the calendar, we had a repostioning cruise and 10 pelagic trips scheduled, 11 with an attempt to reschedule. Two (Ilwaco in April and a Newport intro trip in July) failed to garner sufficient sign-up to run. Our Garibaldi boat had mechanical issues and forced us to cancel the All-Womens pelagic in August, its make-up date in September, and our September Garibaldi trip. Lastly the weather, always a consideration, prevented both our October Newport trips and our December trip from going out. Thus the only trips that made it out were August 30 (Newport), September 21 (Newport), and October 5 (Garibaldi).  Fortunately, our Spring Repositioning Cruise onboard the Zaandam was well attended and so OPT started the year well, however a success rate of 33% does not bode well for profitablity. 
Despite the difficult year in 2025, we are looking forward to a better 2026! Our 2026 Pelagic Schedule will be online before Christmas. 

Updates-- Short and Sweet

Let's start with the good news. On August 30, our Newport pelagic experienced the calmest sea conditions we are likely to see this year. Waves 1 to 2 feet, and light winds. (For seabirds very lights winds are not actually a positive, but so it goes.) We had two albatross species, and read the band on a Laysan Albatross. We have submitted that information anmd look forward to finding out where it is from. This trip also had South Polar Skua, three shearwater species, Long-tailed and Pomarine Jaegers, and even a couple of Tufted Puffins.

Also in the good news column: Our 9/14, 9/21, and 10/5 trips are full, and the 10/12 trip has only two more spots available. The December trip has decent sign-up, and I am sure we will with fill it, or come close. The only trip lagging behind is 10/25, but we still have time to get enough people to run it.
 
Now for the bad news: our 9/7 Garibaldi trip had to cancel due to engine problems on our boat. We had people coming from out of state, so there were a lot of disappointed people. Hopefully, the issue is resolved and our 9/14 All-Women pelagic will have no problems.

August 30 Newport pelagic is full!

 The 8-hour pelagic out of Newport on August 30 is now full. You may put your name on the waitlist, or better yet, join one of our other scheduled pelagics, all of which have space.