OCC Waterfront Campus

Orange Coast College is a 2021 Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE) designee. The CoE designation recognizes community colleges and training institutions that prepare students for careers in our nation's maritime industry.

For additional information, please visit Centers of Excellence on the MARAD website.

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Programs

Professional Mariner Program

School of Sailing and Seamanship

professional mariner student practices on radar equiptment

Mariner Continuing Education

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Intercollegiate Rowing

Waterfront Campus News

Interview with Sarah Hirsch

OCC Sailing Program in Newport Beach has Calm Waters and Fair Winds.

Coaches Corner

Orange Coast College shines the spotlight on men's crew coach, Cam Brown. In this installment of Coast Coaches Corner, we talk about Cam's journey from Australia to OCC as well as his battle with overcoming a life-threatening illness and his long-term plans for the Pirate men's crew program.

Rendering of new Professional Mariner Training Center

Waterfront Campus - Expanding our Horizon

Previously named the Intercollegiate Rowing and Sailing Base, the new name will reflect a recent expansion of the Newport Harbor facility, including a $22 million maritime training center connected to the harbor-side facility by a skyway bridge over Pacific Coast Highway.