Festival postponed to Sept. 13.

Due to COVID-19, Tacoma Ocean Fest will be postponed from June 7 to Sunday Sept. 13. All the arts, sciences and water fun you love will be there! Stay well and keep protecting the ocean…

Celebrate | Learn | Protect

boy at ocean

NEWS!

The Youth Story Contest is still open! Make a poem, short film or data graph about the ocean for prizes and to have your voice heard. Online workshops coming soon!

Entries open now through June 1 – DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Info and entries

As a festival held on the Tacoma waterfront, we acknowledge that we are standing on traditional lands of the Puyallup tribe, and honor their legacy, their history and their continued protection of the Salish Sea.

Artists

art painting humpback whale

Painting | Interactive mural | Film | Dance | Music | Aerial Circus | Community art | Poetry

Eco-Booths

girl at eco-booth

Explore marine science | Get your hands wet | Learn how to protect the ocean | Scuba VR

Water fun

people in kayak

Stand-up paddleboard | Kayak | Do a water litter pick-up| Get your feet wet