For the first time in its 80-year history, many of Depoe Bay’s charter boats will not take part in the Oregon coast city’s iconic Fleet of Flowers, a maritime Memorial Day parade that typically draws ...

For the first time in its nearly 80-year history, Depoe Bay’s annual Fleet of Flowers procession will be missing several charter boats that have normally been involved in the ceremony. The boycott, ...

DEPOE BAY, Ore. — With the sound of a boat horn echoing over the harbor and flower petals scattering into the Pacific, the annual Fleet of Flowers once again paid tribute to those lost at sea. Despite ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Southern resident orcas from the L Pod made a rare appearance near Depoe Bay on March 24. The sighting coincided with Oregon’s Whale Watch Week, hosted each year by Oregon ...

DEPOE BAY, Ore. — Depoe Bay is known as the whale watching capital of the Oregon Coast and a project is underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect it. They want to make sure all the whale ...

Gray whales are everywhere in Depoe Bay. They’re on T-shirts and mugs and incorporated into the signs of whale-themed businesses along the main drag. There’s a whale museum and even a whale watching ...

Some Oregon Coast visitors were treated to orca whale sightings over the weekend, with dozens spotting and sharing videos of adult and baby whales swimming and feeding off the coast of Depoe Bay, ...