In simple words: Ocean Nomads is an ocean adventure impact community . 

We are a global opportunity, collaboration, and support network for adventurous, ocean-loving people with a drive to explore and safeguard the ocean. Ocean Nomads is an accessible inclusive community to start, accelerate, and connect with similar souls looking for or living ocean adventures and an alternative nomadic lifestyle in, on or near the sea.

We connect people, sailboats and projects to realize ocean travel, adventure, positive ocean contributions, and establish a more and more conscious way of life. We facilitate, provide, organize, educate, all with the goal to kickstart and accelerate your ocean nomadic adventures and lifestyle.
We connect each other with boats, crew, projects, we connect in meet-ups, we organize 2-3 trips a year, we create synergistic partnerships, we create discounts, and we’re working on developing basecamps around the world in which between we can navigate with ocean nomads vessels, vans and fins:). On our online membership hub we facilitate a safe space for you to get your answers, find your people, find crew, find boats to crew on, learn, share about your projects, and give and receive support by and for people ‘in the same boat.’You can download the app or check in via the computer.

We also amplify your voices, share about your projects and figure out ways to make your dream real and reach people. The world needs to know about the beautiful adventure and missions you’re realizing.

Instead of doing, we like to use the word BE. We ARE. We are aiming to live our truest selves, live our values, and share and care in the process. As a community we work towards living meaningful adventures, travels, and lives in, on, and near the sea.

Ocean Nomads is by ocean nomads for ocean nomads. We welcome your ideas and energy.

To create memorable days, not never ending to-do lists. They never end. Life does. What we are and act now we pass on to our children. So we better be good and do good while playing in the great outdoors enjoying what this beautiful world has to offer. We can combine our energy, network and resources to sail the seas in most meaningful way, but with no day without play!

We believe this is what we are supposed to be doing: exploring, learning, lending a hand where we can. Live with minimum negative impact and doing what we can to make a positive impact to the world around us.

Instead of trying to tackle this never ever ending inbox and to do list, scrolling, and worrying about how we’re going to pay the next bills. It’s not easy. We get stuck too. The world lives around a money-based system and we’re all so busy to keep up the balls. It’s not making us feel alive. It’s not life. It’s not healthy. And it’s not sustainable. 

But we can start to change that! Together we can. We must for our children. Back in the days, they were doing fine with trading, growing their own foods and the use of natural materials. We can revive some of that. Combine that with the technology that exists today and we can make a massive impact for the good. A kid these days thinks cucumbers comes from the supermarket. If you have the means to read this, you’re equipped with skills that make dreams happen. And not only yours. All together we are responsible for trashing this planet. Together we can turn the tide. With knowing what we know now, we can’t just keep taking the things as they come. We must shape things as they go. We must invest the energy the ocean gives us, into solutions for a healthier ocean. 

And to get the ocean truly into people’s hearts, one needs to experience its magic. Ocean activities and sports like sailing, diving, surfing are all means to do that. And by connecting to the ocean first hand, one does not only see its beauty but also the challenges it’s facing. This triggers to act. Many drops will create a ripple effect of positive change. We’ve created a deeper WHY article on the public space.

We want you to feel the magic of the ocean. The only way to feel this excitement is by experiencing it. We see many people around struggling to make their ocean adventure dreams happen as well as their full potential to make this world a better place. We want to help. And the best way we can do that at the moment with the resources we have is by inspiring, sharing and connecting. It’s the sea life that gives us superpowers. And it’s purpose that makes it rewarding. We can travel oceans, do good, save money, and have fun.  All together we are responsible for the life that is depleting in the ocean. All together we can also bring it back! Collectively, our impact can be major.

Also, we believe that if we surround ourselves more with people sharing the same values and dreams we can have way more fun and make more impact. We have no time to lose when it comes to saving the oceans.

You have a burning desire for exploration. You like to create, grow and do good. You live in, on or near the ocean to cultivate a conscious alternative active lifestyle, or desire to do so. You travel by sail or on wheels (or fins? or wings?) or are curious to do so. And to design a natural way of life around it. You can’t be ‘boxed.’  You have a variety of interests with nature, health, simplicity, adventure and sustainability at the centre of it. The ocean is your home. Your playground. Your place to treasure, respect, and protect.

Whether you’re a complete novice and just curious, a salty sea gypsie, or an island-based ocean lover, you are welcome to join! It’s the mix that makes our tribe special and powerful.

We want you to feel the magic of the ocean. The only way to feel this excitement is by experiencing it. We see many people around struggling to make their ocean adventure dreams happen as well as their full potential to make this world a better place. We want to help. And the best way we can do that at the moment with the resources we have is by inspiring, sharing and connecting. It’s the sea life that gives us superpowers. And it’s purpose that makes it rewarding. We can travel oceans, do good, save money, and have fun.  All together we are responsible for the life that is depleting in the ocean. All together we can also bring it back! Collectively, our impact can be major.

Also, we believe that if we surround ourselves more with people sharing the same values and dreams we can have way more fun and make more impact. We have no time to lose when it comes to saving the oceans.

I started with a book: Ocean Nomad, and a little facebook group so Suzanne could connect with her readers and further help out connecting boats, nomads, and people. Then the sailing trips came. Over the years we’ve hosted more and more sailing trips, and we concluded that nature, adventure and being surrounded with like-minded people are the ingredients for more fun and ocean impact. Out of each trip grew such a beautiful family but then we seperate ways. How to keep the dreams alive? The connections alive? And welcome others to the family? Then we launched the membership. Aline we can only do, be, and figure out so much. We need to connect! Read the full story here. 

Have a look on our impact page. We believe a connected, conscious community is key to accelerate positive change. Through community, we can harness our collective passion for the ocean into solutions for a healthier ocean.

We impact lives and life in the ocean accordingly.

1. By connecting people to the ocean. Adventure brings awareness. From that, comes caring. From caring comes action and leadership. The ocean has to be in the heart of people for having people care
2. By connecting people to each other. 
3. Through creating resources on zero waste travel, oceanminded provisioning, ocean education and more. We have hosted documentory screenings, beach clean-ups, sea clean-ups, ocean impact think thanks on board. We share and connect with other ocean impact initiatives to accelerate ocean impact. 
4. Most importantly, we live our values. Show. And hopefully ignite the ocean ambassador in you by doing just that.

We measure our impact not by the size of the network but by the value of the interactions, connections, synergies, and stories created. Each one of us has a story, a journey, and along the way drops of impact are made. Many drops create a wave. And those waves impact many lives along the way. It’s the ripple effect we’re after. We plan to create impact reports to measure our progress.

Some small drops we’ve dropped:

• We’ve taken +100 souls into nature on sailing expeditions. Result: lots of cross pollination between crew members
• We have different educational resources on our membership portal like: Ocean Challenges Explained (Plastic Pollution, Climate Change, Overfishing, Biodiversity Change and more), Conscious provisioning, Zero Waste Nomad life, and resources to get started with sailboat travel as a way to facilitate nature connection.
• Spontaneous beach and sea clean-ups are held to increase awareness.
• Lots of meet-ups and team-ups, peer support to accelerate and amplify missions, and voices for the ocean. 

• To create a global network of thousands of energetic adventure and impact-driven eco-minded souls exploring the seas and acting locally, individually, and together for a healthier ocean.
• To exponentially create synergetic and deeper connections, relations and partnerships between members serving individual journeys, communities around the world resulting in social and environmental improvement.
• To organize multiple yearly Ocean Nomads events bringing people together in a nature / adventure setting, accelerating our journeys, deepen our relationships and educating for ocean conservation. Ideas for events: flotillas in epic sailing destinations, offshore tallship adventures, sailing trips in combination with freediving/surfing/kitesurfing/yoga, a fleet across the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, snowmads trips, (free)diving trips, sailing/surfing trips, wilderness survival trips, permaculture experiences. 
• To establish basecamps in different places in the world where we can grow veggies, ground to the earth, drop anchor, have a shower, connect, live, share and celebrate.
• To build a Carriacou Sloop by members and for members to be used as a cooperative impact vessel. And more of this around the world.
• To have multiple Ocean Nomads vessels around the world serving the local community and/or the ocean, operating as a cooperative boat.

To become a lead movement to create a regenerative world with the ocean being our center of stage.

Every first Thursday we host a video meetup on our member network to get to know one another, and to learn more about how Ocean Nomads can help you on your way to ocean adventure. This is a member perk.

For every trip applicant applying for 10 days or more we schedule a video call. So if you’re considering joining, just apply and you get face to face with either Brianna or me. 

We also host spontaneous little meetups now and then and you’re welcome to come and meet us! Whether you’re a member or not. We announce this on our member hub and sometimes on Social Media or in our Newsletter.

The best ofcourse, join us on a trip! You get to meet many ocean nomads at once, and your life will never be the same 🙂 See some of our testimonials to learn what transformations ocean nomads has brought. 

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In 2020 Ocean Nomads is registered in the Netherlands as Ocean Nomads B.V.

It’s a social business with a cause. 

See what happens with the membership fees further in this FAQ.

We also would like to create a foundation. That said our main drive is to connect you to the sea and to make this happen fast. This is how we believe to make biggest impact. We don’t want to loose our time dealing with bureaucratical challenges.