Begin with the bay
Learn how tides, water quality, ecology and oyster history shape the work in Willapa Bay.
Visit the farm
Walk the beds. Shuck an oyster. Experience the bay.
Step inside a working oyster farm and follow the oyster from tide flat to table in historic Oysterville.
90 minutesAdults $100Children 6–12 $50Under 6 free
Farm tour
Choose a day shaped by the tide.
Tours are offered on selected Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Dates and start times change with tide, weather and farm conditions.
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Select an available date to begin your reservation.
You will choose ticket quantities and complete payment in the secure booking window.
The experience
See how an oyster becomes an oyster worth remembering.
The tour begins in our historic oyster building, moves through the working farm and, when conditions allow, continues onto the tide flats themselves.
Walk the oyster beds
Step onto the tide flats to see farming methods, gear and the oyster life cycle where the work happens.
Enter the production room
Follow oysters through cleaning, sorting and the careful handling required before they reach market.
Shuck and taste
Learn to shuck safely, prepare three oysters yourself and enjoy them grilled overlooking the bay.
A working place
This is not a museum tour.
Oysters are grown, handled and prepared here as part of the normal rhythm of the farm. What you see will change with the season, the tide and the work underway.
Historic setting
Begin inside the only oyster building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Living practice
Understand regenerative oyster farming through direct exposure to the choices made on a working bay.
Before you come
Prepare for the tide flats.
WalkingAbout one-half mile over uneven, muddy and tidal ground.
What to wearLayers and rubber boots or sturdy boots that can get muddy. Rental boots are available.
AccessibilityMost of the tour is wheelchair accessible. The oyster-bed walk is not.
ChildrenChildren are welcome and typically enjoy the hands-on outdoor experience with adult supervision.
WeatherTours may change or be cancelled when conditions on the beds are unsafe.
LocationOysterville Sea Farms, 34300 1st Street, Oysterville, Washington.
Come to the source
Experience Willapa Bay from the farm.
Choose an available tour and spend ninety minutes inside the history, ecology and daily work behind the oyster.
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