Ocean Bucket List

Witness ocean waters glowing at night due to bioluminescent plankton.

Witness Earth's largest animal during their migration, when they surface to breathe and feed.

Observe a sea turtle in its natural habitat, such as nesting on a beach or swimming in the ocean.

Witness dolphins in their natural habitat, swimming freely in the ocean

Watch sea turtles perform their ancient ritual of coming ashore to lay eggs at night. Observable at various tropical beaches worldwide, including Costa Rica's Tortuguero Beach and Florida's coast

Explore vast coral reef ecosystem

Watch humpback whales perform spectacular leaps from the ocean during their annual migrations. Observable in Hawaii (winter) or Alaska (summer)

Watch killer whale pods hunt and socialize in their ocean habitat, displaying complex group behaviors and hunting strategies

Experience natural sea cave illumination

Snorkel or dive at any coral reef

Catch rare green flash as sun sets over ocean horizon, a brief optical phenomenon

Experience the unique lifestyle of a cruise vacation, where the journey itself is the destination.

Enjoy a romantic dinner on a floating platform in the Maldives, surrounded by the Indian Ocean.

Explore Belize's massive marine sinkhole

Embark on a long-distance sailing journey, navigating open waters for an extended period

Witness world's strongest tidal current in Norway's narrow strait

Cross the Drake Passage, the body of water between South America and Antarctica, known for its rough seas and challenging conditions.

Explore the deepest part of the world's oceans, reaching depths of about 11,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean

RKO’s adaptation of Rachel Carson’s book - she hated the script and never sold film rights again.

Cousteau and Louis Malle invent the underwater documentary, in colour, from aboard the Calypso.

Cousteau’s Conshelf II: six men living for a month in a steel house on the floor of the Red Sea.

A world map on one side and the Great Lakes on the other, with ships as well as trains and a harbour bonus for the ports you serve.

Waves forced through lava tubes blast spray 30 metres into the air — locals throw coconuts in to launch them.

Humpbacks come within metres of the shore from July to October, and Niue lets you snorkel beside them.

The cape medieval sailors called the point of no return.

Coastline of spouting blowholes.

Tonga is one of the few places you can legally swim with humpbacks, which come to Vava’u to calve from July to October.

Quiet palm-backed coastal beach.

Atlantic islands off Conakry.

Remote palm-backed Atlantic beach near the Senegalese border.