There’s probably an Ocean Nomad in your marina right now. Coffee in the cockpit. Charts laid out below. You haven’t met yet.
That’s changing. The new Ocean Nomads map is live at map.oceannomads.co.
What’s on the map
- Nomad locations: members’ home bases and where they are right now
- Vessels: boats in the network and where they’re sailing
- Basecamps: places where nomads gather on land between passages
- Active impact projects: marine conservation, clean-ups, citizen science you can join
- Anchorages, marinas, organic farms worth visiting, vanlife surf spots
- Tips dropped by other nomads: Sandra’s coconut farm in Dominica. Shola’s organic veggie farm in Sint Maarten. The organic cheese factory in Holland. Surf anchorages, mechanics who know their stuff, marina laundromats that don’t eat your foulies.
Every pin is a person, tip, project or basecamp. Click any of them to see who put it there, what they’re doing, and to reach out.
What to do first
- Update your current location so the right people can find you
- Add your vessel or project
- Drop a tip about a place you know. Anchorage, basecamp, provisioning find, surf spot. Bonus points for a photo.
- Reach out to someone who’s nearby
- Check what’s at your next stop before you get there
This is what we mean. A few weeks after the new map went live, this came in from one of our members:
“Eoin Keyes and I finally met. His stories preceded him and the list of common friends in Ocean Nomads is long. It was such a pleasure to finally meet in person. The circumstances were spectacular. I found him on the Ocean Nomads Map, checked some of his Instagram posts, connected and got the context of each other’s expeditions. Then luck played in our favour. We were both in Patagonia. Beagle Channel. Rumbo Ushuaia. My first big Ocean Nomads map connection on the new Map, and a memorable one.”
— [Member name], Ocean Nomads member
Where to find it
Direct: map.oceannomads.co. You need to be an Ocean Nomads member to see all the details.
You’ll also find the map inside the network app under Community in the left sidebar. Works on desktop and phone.
Why this matters
The best moments in this community have always come from someone remembering your name when a boat passes through. Now they can remember where you actually are.
That means coffee in the same marina, not three years apart in different oceans. Crew connections that happen because two members realised they were anchored in the same bay. Tips that get passed boat to boat because somebody saw a pin. Impact projects that find their next volunteer through proximity instead of luck.
And the collective discoveries don’t disappear. The organic farm in the remote bay. The fair sailmaker in the port nobody knows. The basecamp host who saved your trip. Those stay on the map for the next nomad passing through.
We’re in the early days. Some pins are missing. A few tips still need photos. If something’s off or could be better, message us inside the network. The more we use it, the more useful it gets.
The earlier you’re on the map, the more boats, people, and projects find you.
Not in the network yet? Join Ocean Nomads to see who’s already where you’re heading.
A note on how this was made
This map was built with support from the European Commission Cross-Re-Tour grant, supporting innovation in sustainable tourism. The Ocean Nomads community tested and shaped it through 2025 and 2026 to make it easier for ocean-minded travellers, sailors and vessel owners to find each other in the real world.
Funded by the European Union under the project Cross-Re-Tour of the SMP-COSME-2022-TOURSME Programme. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the European Innovation Council, SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), the Cross-Re-Tour consortium or the contractor. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
