2024 SCHEDULE
We offer tours of varying lengths to meet your needs and fit your schedule.
SPACES ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL A TRIP IS MARKED "FULL".
Did we catch your interest? Want to sign up? Please go to the
Reservations page. Please note that sending an email does not reserve your spot on your trip. No one is guaranteed a spot until payment is received.
Questions? Email Tim at tim.oregonpelagictours@gmail.com.
Prices given are for payments by check, in cash, or by Venmo and PayPal.
(Extra charges may apply for payments via PayPal or Venmo.)
Oregon Pelagic Tours will be offering 8 to 10 hour birding tours out of Newport and Garibaldi and accompanied birding on cruise ships.
**May 7 - 11, With Oregon Pelagic Tours guides Tim Shelmerdine and Russ Namitz on the Sapphire Princess, Los Angeles to Vancouver, B.C.
Highlights: Cook's Petrel, Hawaiian Petrel, Murphy's Petrel, RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD (4), Ancient Murrelet
SAVE THE DATE! Oregon Pelagic Tours has set the date for our Spring 2025 Repositioning Cruise!
Join Tim, Russ and Leisyka on the Zaandam May 3 -7 as we travel between San Diego and Vancouver B.C. looking for pterodromas and other great seabirds. More details will be published soon, but feel free to contact Tim with questions. Cost $450 for 4 days (less than $113 a day!)
Newport and Garibaldi Schedule:
June 30 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
July 28 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
August 18 (Sun) -- Garibaldi Early Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) Weather cancellation
August 25 (Sun) — Newport Deepwater Tour (12 hrs)
Great trip: 7 Laysan Albatross in one flock, 3 Scripp's Murrelets, all 3 jaegers plus South Polar Skua, 4 shearwater species. Sabine's Gulls, many terns and more!
September 7 (Sat) — Newport Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
Another great trip: Black-footed Albatross, 4 Scripp's Murrelets, 4 South Polar Skua, 3 shearwater species. Sabine's Gulls, many Arctic Terns, whales, dolphins!
September 8 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
September 15 (Sun) -- Garibaldi Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
Great trip: Black-footed and Laysan Albatross, 4 South Polar Skuas, 2 jaeger species, 4 shearwater species, more!
October 6 (Sun) — Newport Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198 (Insufficient sign-up -- cancelled)
October 12 (Sat) -- Garibaldi Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198 Great trip: Black-footed and Laysan Albatross, 6 Scripps's Murrelets (!), 2 jaeger species, 4 shearwater species, more!
October 26 (Sat) — Newport Late Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198 Weather cancellation
December 7 (Sat) — Newport Winter Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198 (Confirmed -- One Space Just Opened Up)
(Dec 8 — weather date, if 12/7 canceled)
The minimum number of passengers for a Newport trip is 23.
Garibaldi trips need a minimum of 15 participants to go.
OPT will again be partnering with Garibaldi Charters to offer monthly 2 1/2 hour wildlife tours to Three Arch Rocks NWR.
Dates: June 30 (Sun), July 28 (Sun), August 11 (Sun), September 8 (Sun)
(Mention Oregon Pelagic Tours, please!)
For the Three Arch Rocks tours only, use the contact info below:
Email: fishon@garibaldicharters.com Phone: 503-377-0007 / 1-800-900-4665
Please mention Oregon Pelagic Tours when you contact Garibaldi Charters.
Important: For all other tours (both Newport and Garibaldi), you will need to sign up through Oregon Pelagic Tours. Please go to the Reservations page and carefully read all the information (like the Terms) before signing up.