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, Join Oregon Pelagic Tours guides Tim Shelmerdine and Russ Namitz on the Sapphire Princess, Los Angeles to Vancouver, B.C. Contact Tim at the email address above for more information and to sign up. $300 to OPT; passengers responsible for cruise line reservations and other travel**
- Friday, Apr 26 and Saturday, April 27
- Washington Ornithological Society Pelagics
- Ilwaco, WA (8 hrs, 7am - 3pm) Non-WOS price is $257
- WOS conference attendee price is $200 for adult/$100 for "Young Birders"
- 4/26 IS FULL
- 4/27 IS CANCELED (6/16 spots reserved and paid for)
Newport and Garibaldi Schedule:
June 30 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
July 13 (Sat) — Newport Summer Seabirds
(6 hrs) $157 GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!
July 28 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
August 11 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
August 18 (Sun) -- Garibaldi Early Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
August 25 (Sun) — Newport Deepwater Tour (12 hrs) $298
September 7 (Sat) — Newport Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
September 8 (Sun) — Three Arch Rocks Tour (2.5 hrs) **thru Garibaldi Charters
September 15 (Sun) -- Garibaldi Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
October 6 (Sun) — Newport Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
October 12 (Sat) -- Garibaldi Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
October 26 (Sat) — Newport Late Fall Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
December 2 (Sat) — Newport Winter Seabirds Tour (8 hrs) $198
(Dec 3 or 9 — weather dates, if 12/2 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:
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.
