Fall 2025 Updates
Oregon State University is implementing a seasonal reduction in personnel for the winter of 2025/26 at Port Orford. At the same time the station will also see an increase in support from personnel and services provided by the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Read more about these upcoming changes.
Community Listening Session
Monday, November 17, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.,
Location: Port Orford Field Station Classroom
Please join us for a community listening session and help us shape the future of the Port Orford Field Station.
Hybrid Option Link: If you are unable to attend in person, please join us remotely.
Phone Dial-In Information: +1 971 247 1195 US (Portland)
Meeting ID: 969 3955 9127
Port Orford Field Station
The Port Orford Field Station is located on the wind-swept southern coast of Oregon, just south of Cape Blanco, the westernmost point of Oregon. Cape Blanco also forms a bio-geographic boundary that separates the Californian from the Oregonian ocean bioregions of the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. This means that Port Orford is located in an eco-region more similar to that of Northern California than that of coastal Oregon north of Cape Blanco, providing rich opportunities to explore, study, and research the unique attributes of this region. It has been officially operated by Oregon State University since 2016.