Ocean Ramsey

Ocean Ramsey is a Hawaii-based marine conservationist, freediver, and the most visible shark-focused public figure of the 2020s. She co-founded One Ocean Diving and One Ocean Research with her partner, underwater photographer Juan Oliphant, operating out of Oahu. She holds degrees in biology and marine biology and a master's in ethology (animal behavior) focused on shark body language, and she is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with 20+ diving specialties. She has been in the water with sharks since age 14 — now approaching three decades of continuous in-water shark experience concentrated in Hawaiian and offshore Pacific waters.