Sea Inspiration

Our Healing Adventures program uses experiences in and near the sea to help (and inspire!) people of all ages who face significant personal challenges.

We encourage everyone to spend time in the sea(!), but through this program we focus our efforts on two specific groups of people: children with severe or terminal illness and US military personnel/veterans wounded while serving their country.

What we do through Healing Adventures is offer participants an experience of freedom and joy unlike anything most of them have ever had. In a fun, supportive atmosphere, adults and children alike can "spread their wings” and enjoy feelings of exhilaration and confidence as they experience ocean adventures such as surfing, paddling, snorkeling, canoeing, and swimming with marine wildlife. The watery environment we share with most of them is akin to a "healing tonic,” especially in the warm Hawaiian ocean...and whether they adventure on land or sea—they’ll leave with a fresh, hopeful, healing perspective.

Although we are a sea-focused organization, depending on the needs (and wants!) of our recipients, we sometimes arrange adventures that are not in the ocean. However, being in Hawaii, we are always surrounded by healing waters! For example, we may offer horseback riding, zip-line rides, or some of our wounded service members may even have the option of skydiving with our military spokesman, Colonel John Bates, U.S.M.C. (Ret.), and his professional skydiving team "the Flying Leathernecks”!

Your Sea Inspiration team knows that being outdoors in or near the ocean offers a therapeutic benefit for most people. We know, because we have felt it personally. Our goal through Healing Adventures is to share similar opportunities with others and help them gain whatever healing benefits are possible from the sea and nature.

Sea Inspiration does a great deal of filming in and around the sea.

We do this because we want you to see the sea and its beauty. We want to help you understand how the sea can help heal humanity (& vice versa). And we want to inspire you to become an active force for educating others and protecting the seas for future generations.

To help oceans and people, we use our footage in a variety of ways, from "My Beach Reports” to filming our Healing Adventures outings. We share our videos and photos far and wide, educating and inspiring the world—just as we are doing with you here and now!

Our video works its magic a number of ways, including:

AquaKids TV Show: Exciting news! Sea Inspiration is joining the AquaKids TV show for the 2017-18 season. We will have a 2-3 minute segment of Sea Inspiration footage in each of the 15 episodes. AquaKids 2017 hits the airwaves in October, so be sure to check your local listings at that time.

Public Service Announcements, Documentaries, and Plain Ol’ Beautiful Videos!

Since 2000, your Sea Inspiration team (especially our Founder, Ray!) has produced documentaries and Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about ocean conservation issues and shared them throughout the world.

Our PSAs are designed to grab the attention of viewers (especially today’s youth) with the goal of helping them become effective stewards of our marine environment. For example, our PSAs often contain animated characters who interact with live actors in an ocean environment.

Previous topics include:

♣ Marine mammal entanglement due to sea debris such as lobster traps and abandoned fishing nets.
♣ Plastic rubbish and toxins in our environment and their devastating effects on our streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans.
♣ Expansion of preserves to allow for improved marine environmental health and species recovery.

Multimedia Distribution Sites:
¥ From 2009 to 2016: Ocean in Google Earth (the platform reached over one billion subscribers).

¥ US Military Networks in Hawaii, Japan, and Italy reaching more than 110,000 servicemen and women.

¥ Sea Inspiration content is donated to children's hospitals, schools, after school programs, and other youth/healing/US military facilities throughout the United States and abroad.

Beautiful Ocean Video

Be ready to kick back, relax, and watch some stunning video of oceans and marine wildlife. You can see our inspiring videos and have a "healing adventure” just watching these peaceful scenes!