Tacoma Ocean Fest

The mission of Tacoma Ocean Fest is to help people celebrate our ocean, learn about its threats (pollution, species extinction, climate change) and be inspired to protect it through daily actions.

Tacoma Ocean Fest is a one-day free community festival on the Tacoma waterfront at the Foss Waterway Seaport museum. It brings the community together using arts, sciences and water fun to celebrate the ocean, help people learn about its threats and inspire us all to protect it through daily actions. (“Ocean” also includes all connected waterways, such as Puget Sound/Salish Sea and tributary rivers and streams.)

The festival is held every World Ocean Day weekend, and also includes a beach clean-up.
The Youth Story Contest runs Feb-April, with finalists presenting as a part of the festival and school outreach happening throughout the year.

In 2020, Tacoma Ocean Fest will be expanding to celebrate, educate and inspire concrete environmental action around water throughout June, via an Ocean Film Festival, Paddle Tacoma, satellite art and the Ocean Talk+Action speaker workshop series.