Events for June 11, 2026

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Ultimate Depth: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea

Australian National Maritime Museum

Embark on a journey from the ocean's sunlit surface to its deepest, darkest depths, exploring five unique zones, each brimming with its own wonders. As you descend, watch the light […]

Sounds of the Ocean

Europe, North America, China and online

Sounds of the Ocean is an award-winning immersive experience that invites you and your family to the heart of the deep blue sea. In a society burdened with stress, this […]

Project HYreland

Ireland

In the “HYreland” project, led by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) of Ireland, and in close collaboration with Fraunhofer ISE, technological, economic, and environmental potential for the production of green […]

Cultura Oceánica en 360°

Valparaíso

Cultura Oceánica en 360° is a science-based outreach initiative that uses immersive technologies—like VR and 360° films—to reconnect society with the ocean through marine science and cultural heritage. Based at […]

La Argentina Oceánica

Online

In Córdoba, Argentina, a team of researchers from the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the Córdoba Regional Center, UNDEF (National Defense University), aim to raise awareness about sustainable fishing and […]

West Coast Ocean Science Action Agenda

Oregon and California Ocean Science Trusts

The West Coast Ocean Science Action Agenda is a collaborative effort led by the California Ocean Science Trust and Oregon Ocean Science Trust to identify and advance shared priorities for […]

Ocean Data Survey

Online

The Ocean Data Survey by the Environmental Politics Research Group’s TwinPolitics Project at the University of Vienna is investigating the use of ocean data, technology and knowledge by actors involved […]

The Mermaids

Online

The Mermaids, a story of Haenyeo, female freedivers of Jeju Island, South Korea. The Mermaids is an original and informative documentary that shares an insightful perspective into the treasured culture of […]

2025 World Fisheries Day Conference

The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Join us at the World Fisheries Day Conference from 19 to 21 November 2025! 📍 The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria We are thrilled to announce the […]

12th Colombian Antarctic Expedition

Antarctica & online

The 12th Colombian Antarctic Expedition is coming! Join the team of researchers as they set sail to the heart of the planet to carry out diverse scientific projects focused on understanding the […]

Pedagogical Fishing Port: Ocean Literacy

The Azores

The Pedagogical Fishing Port project is an endorsed Ocean Decade Activity designed to promote ocean literacy among fishing communities in the Azores. LOTAÇOR, responsible for the first sale of fish […]

Oceanography Podcast

Online

Oceanography is a weekly podcast that brings the latest in ocean research to the public through engaging, story-driven conversations with scientists around the world. Each episode connects listeners to the […]

Heal the Hauraki

Online

Heal The Hauraki is a 3-part docuseries in which we seek to inspire and empower Kiwi to participate in expert-lead-solutions to heal the Hauraki Gulf with simple day-to-day actions. Heal […]

CASCADES

West Greenland, Baffin Bay, and Ellesmere Island.

The CASCADES Expedition is a collaborative research mission led by the Swiss Polar Institute, a Decade Implementing Partner, the Institut Nordique du Québec and the French Polar Institute, focused on […]

The Ocean Race Science Programme

Kiel, Germany

The Ocean Race Europe 2025—tagged under the theme “Connecting Europe”—will showcase high‑performance foiling IMOCA 60 yachts racing across the Baltic, North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Adriatic. Along the […]

MyOcean.net

Online

Launched in June 2024, MYOCEAN.NET is an online platform that makes information on the sea and sea-related issues in Portugal accessible and organized, in a wide variety of areas, and […]

PBS Changing Seas TV Series

Online

Changing Seas takes viewers on exciting adventures to the heart of our blue planet. This American public television series goes to sea with scientists, giving audiences a first-hand look at how […]

PartArt4OW

Italy

Participatory Art for society engagement with Ocean and Water "(PartArt4OW)" aims to strengthen the emotional attachment with the oceans, raise awareness of challenges and develop a trans-European network of artists. […]

Kids Dive – Discover the Ocean

Across Portugal

Kids Dive is a dynamic educational experience that aims to deepen the knowledge on the Ocean, while raising awareness on marine ecosystems and its conservation. It was developed and adapted […]

Ocean Virtual Art Residency

Online

The Ocean Virtual Art Residency program, in collaboration with MANGO, empowers artists to embark on a journey of developing new projects centered around the residency's thematic focus: OCEAN. This residency […]

Mar à Vista – Sea, Culture & Education

Brazil

Mar à Vista is an innovative Brazilian initiative integrates science communication, cultural heritage, and inclusive education to strengthen ocean literacy and inspire collective action for marine conservation. There is only […]

Dimensión Sumergida: Torpederas

Valparaíso, Chile

Dimensión Sumergida: Torpederas is a 360° immersive experience, accessible online here, that reveals the hidden marine life beneath the waters of Playa Las Torpederas in Valparaíso, Chile. Combining 360° video, […]

ECOR Environmental Training Program

Hybrid: Online + Optional Field Work

The ECOR Foundation Environmental Internship is a youth-focused program that equips students and early-career researchers with skills in marine ecology, scientific writing, and field research. Through hybrid learning, field sampling, […]

Ocean Futures Exhibition

Futurium Alexanderufer 2, Berlin

The “Ocean Futures” exhibition is dedicated to the body of water that spans the world. With his expansive installation “Balangay Spacecraft,” Filipino artist Leeroy New transforms Futurium's first special exhibition […]

Lost at Sea: Existence amidst Extinction

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) Kolkata

Generating ocean knowledge beyond Museum walls, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a Unit of National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India conceptualized, designed and developed […]

1º Concurso de Redação da DPHDM “Cultura Oceânica”

Brazil

The competition organized by DPHDM in collaboration with the ALARJ aims to awaken young people’s understanding of the vital importance of the ocean and the Navy’s role in preserving, protecting, […]

OceanSpeak

Online, Gothenburg Natural History Museum, and The Maritime Museum and Aquarium

OceanSpeak combines virtual reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to give people the ability to step in the shoes of a marine scientist exploring the ocean. OceanSpeak is a 20-minute […]

TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series

Online

The TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series creates a space for discussion between experts from academia, policymaking, and NGOs to exchange ideas on ocean governance. The focus is on recent developments in […]

UN Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development

Online

This Decade activity brings together three societies and their scholarly publications: The American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society […]

Knit for Wildlife: Craft x Conservation

Vegaøyan, Norway

Knit for Wildlife is a new initiative that uses knitting in innovative ways to build wildlife literacy. By translating ecological insights into open-access knitting patterns, the project turns scientific knowledge […]

2026 Ocean Decade Youth MBio SciPop Comp

Online

The "Exploring Marine Life" competition blends science and art to inspire global youth to create works on marine biodiversity. Guided by "openness builds strength, freedom fosters insight," it ignites passion […]

Arctic Plastic

Centro Culturale R. Gritti Ranica (Bergamo)

Arctic Plastic is a documentary photography project by documentary photographer Maurizio Milesi exploring plastic pollution through human presence, care, and action in Arctic environments. Developed through fieldwork with coastal clean-up […]

ReefExplorer 2026

Germany

Coral reefs are more than just diving destinations—they are unique treasures of nature that must be preserved. The free (German-language) ReefExplorer online lecture series by aquatil offers exciting insights into […]

Veivueti Kids Ocean Conference

Fiji

The Veivueti Kids Ocean Conference is a student-led event in Fiji that brings together students aged 8 -16 years to celebrate, learn about, and advocate for the ocean. In the […]

SRT Volunteer Seal Monitoring Training

Online

This free, online volunteer training delivered by Seal Research Trust (SRT) to build capacity in seal monitoring, individual seal photo-identification, citizen science data processing, and responsible marine wildlife observation. The […]

Oceanic Global Short Film Festival

Online

The Oceanic Global Short Film Festival returns during World Oceans Month under the theme Films That Awaken New Depths, bringing together environmental storytelling, ocean science, and cultural engagement through film. […]

Navigating with Nature A Route Optimisation Study

Online

Navigating with Nature: How Smarter Ship Routing Delivers Emissions Cuts and Biodiversity Gains” is a route optimisation case study by Whale Seeker and True North Marine in collaboration with the […]

Erasmus BIP ‘Marine Environmental Threats’ 2026

University of Pavia

Ever wonder which are the Marine Environmental Threats that jeopardize the future of our oceans?  This Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on Marine Environmental Threats (MET) focuses on the main […]

In The Same Boat beach cleaning season 2026

Arctic and Northern Europe

In The Same Boat is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Arctic and Northern Europe from marine litter, working toward a future free from plastic pollution where oceans and […]

Hold Fast X: Ocean Culture & Life Quality

Norway

Hold Fast X strengthens resilience, life quality, and direction among children and young people through ocean culture. Research shows that purpose, mastery, and belonging are key drivers of wellbeing and […]

PROJETO RIZOMA: saberes sobre Corais e Oceano

Balneário Camboriú Santa Catarina

The Rizoma Project is an educational initiative fostering ocean literacy and scientific citizenship among 7th-grade students enrolled at the CAIC Ayrton Senna da Silva school in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, […]

Waves of Action

Germany

Waves of Action, the youth initiative of the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea hosts so-called OceanCamps for young adults aged 16-21. We host OceanCamps in France, on a traditional Polynesian […]

EMBracing the Ocean

Online

EMB’s artist-in-residence programme ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ provides grants for creative individuals to inspire wide reaching societal change for ocean sustainability by expanding societies’ understanding of the ocean’s value, as well […]

Mangrove Photography Awards 2026

Online

The Mangrove Photography Awards advances Ocean literacy by connecting people around the world with one of the most vital yet overlooked coastal ecosystems. Preparing for its 12th year, the Awards […]

OceanLove Innovation Award 2026

The OceanLove Innovation Award, presented by the global non-profit initiative OceanLove returns for its third year. The Award aims to encourage all creative minds worldwide, to submit their ideas for […]

The Plastic Island Inside Us

Trinidade Island, Brazil

The Plastic Island Inside Us is a science-based documentary that uses Brazil’s remote Trindade Island as a symbolic starting point to explore the global scale of plastic pollution. Expanding across […]

Changing Ocean Immersive Experience

Bergen, Norway

The Changing Ocean Immersive Experience offers a “walk on the seabed”—a large-scale, multi-sensory journey that translates cutting-edge marine research into feeling and understanding. Visitors explore habitats few ever see, hear […]

Under the Sea Virtual Art Exhibition (2026-2027)

Online

Moku proudly presents the 3rd Annual Exhibition: Under the Sea!  With 22+ Artists from 9+ countries coming together to share the beauty of our Ocean through art. See the Exhibition here!  This […]

Seeding Sustainability: Mangrove restoration

Tumbes, Peru

‘Seeding Sustainability: Mangrove restoration training’ is a capacity-building programme that supports mangrove restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru. Following a first edition […]

Navigating Changes in Small Pelagic Fish and Forage Communities

La Paz La Paz

At the international symposium ‘Navigating Changes in Small Pelagic Fish and Forage Communities: Climate, Ecosystems, and Sustainable Fisheries (SPF-2026)’, scientists and managers from around the world will come together to […]

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