Perpetua Bank/Pelagic Site – 35 Miles Offshore, – Boat Trip
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Location
This is a common destination for pelagic birding trips. It’s a shelf about 35 miles off of Waldport. Oregon Pelagic tours offers a variety of pelagic birding tours besides this Perpetua Tour. Most trips go out of Newport but occasionally, trips leave from Depoe Bay or Garibaldi. In the spring, fall and sometimes winter, regular trips are scheduled to see sea birds. Shorter trips are available if the 12 trip to Perpetua turns your stomach. These trips are organized by sea bird expert Tim Shelmerdine and a crack team of assistant guides that often include Oregon’s top birders. To schedule a trip, Go to Tim’s website Oregon Pelagic Tours
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
This is a deep water open ocean boat trip. Make sure you take precautions for sea sickness. For a list of expected species and some rarities, visit the Seabird Photo Gallery. For seasonal abundance at Perpetua Bank, check out the eBird Bar Charts For Perpetua Bank.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Depot Slough Interpretive Trail
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Nature Trail
- Yaquina Bay (Idaho Point)
- South Beach State Park
- Sally's Bend
- Mike Miller Educational Trail
- Port of Newport/Public Fishing Pier
- Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
- Northwest 68th Street Scoter Spot
- South Jetty Yaquina Bay
- Toledo Public Boat Launch
- Yaquina Bay State Park
- Yaquina Bay Road
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