Celebrate | Learn | Protect
What do you get when you combine Halloween, costumes and water fun? The Grit City Costume Paddle! Put on your most creative costume and paddle the Thea Foss Waterway in a fun kickoff for Halloween. All free at the Foss Waterway Seaport, 705 Dock St, Tacoma. 10am-2pm: GHOSTLY MUSEUM! Come inside the Foss Waterway Seaport… Continue reading Grit City Costume Paddle
Get out those LEDs – and if you have one, a kayak or paddleboard. On Friday June 2, Tacomans will light up the Thea Foss Waterway with the annual Lantern Paddle for Species, a part of Tacoma Ocean Fest 2022. With FREE shoreside/inside entertainment from 7-11pm, lantern-making workshop, FREE light art and paddle launch at… Continue reading Lantern Paddle for Species
Join Ocean Fest and South South Surfrider to clean up a beach! As part of Ocean Fest month, we'll be picking up trash on Ruston Way beaches to protect ocean animals. AND: Hunt for handblown glass eggs along the shore! Local glass art group Fire It Forward will be hiding over 50 of these ocean… Continue reading Beach Cleanup
Come together with your community through arts, science and water fun to celebrate the ocean, learn about its threats and get inspired to protect it! Wander past ocean music, island dance, aerial circus and immersive, interactive art; do hands-on science at the eco-booths on the esplanade; learn about ocean issues from OceanX speakers; hear ocean… Continue reading Ocean Fest
Low-tide walks led by a marine biologist at local beaches. Free! Open to all ages, no sign-up necessary.
Low-tide walks led by a marine biologist at local beaches. Free! Open to all ages, no sign-up necessary.
Join Tacoma Ocean Fest and Pierce Conservation District for a community cleanup at Swan Creek Park.
Come join in the deinstallation of the "Mother of Waters" sand painting at our Ocean Sand Painting Party! From 5-7pm Thursday July 20 at the Foss Waterway Seaport you can: Meet artist River Meschi and talk about her inspiration Receive some sand, learn brush techniques and add your own section to the floor painting Help mindfully… Continue reading Ocean Sand Painting Party