Interested in exploring today’s most critical marine conservation topics? Looking for a sailing adventure aboard a tall ship? Do you want to take your learning out of the classroom and into the field while developing new skills in leadership, teamwork, and research?
Taking place both on shore and at sea, Ocean Exploration combines oceanographic research and tall ship sailing for a small community of students who are passionate about climate change, marine debris, environmental justice, conservation, and related topics.
SEA offers gap year or winter start/midyear admit students who are interested in the oceans the opportunity to study the marine environment through the lenses of science, maritime history and culture, and policy while developing valuable leadership and teamwork skills.
Gap programs begin on the SEA campus in the oceanographic research hub of Woods Hole, MA for six weeks of preparation and community building before joining one of our tall ship ocean research vessels. As full working members of the scientific team and sailing crew, students manage shipboard operations, learn to navigate by the stars, participate in the 24-hour watch rotation, and analyze oceanographic samples while completing an epic ocean passage.
Choose between an academic, credit-bearing program or an experiential not-for-credit program.
About SEA
SEA is based in the world-renowned oceanographic research village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Since 1971, we have educated more than 10,000 students about the global oceans through preparatory studies on shore followed by a tall ship sailing research voyage at sea.
For information about tuition and financial aid, please go to https://sea.edu/admissions/gap-year-admissions/
