Ocean Ramsey
Ocean Ramsey is a Hawaii-based shark conservationist, freediver, author, and One Ocean Diving co-founder who shares close-up encounters with sharks and advocates for their protection.
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- Based in
- Oahu, Hawaii
- Work
- Shark conservation, freediving, books, and educational videos
- Co-founder
- One Ocean Diving
- Early breakout
- A 2013 GoPro video swimming with a great white shark
- On screen
- Subject of Netflix’s Shark Whisperer (2025)
Mini bio
Growing up in the water.
Ocean grew up on Oahu, Hawaii. In her own account, both parents were swimmers and divers, and childhood time around wildlife helped her pay attention to animal behavior. She says the gap between the sharks she observed and their frightening media image drew her toward conservation.
Finding an audience.
A 2013 GoPro video of Ocean swimming with a great white shark brought her early attention. Her work with photographer and husband Juan Oliphant combines underwater imagery with advocacy. Through One Ocean Diving, she also brings visitors into the water and teaches about sharks.
Books and the screen.
Her 2019 book What You Should Know About Sharks explores shark behavior and human interactions, with photographs by Oliphant. She also appears in Saving Jaws and played shark conservationist Lily O’Neil in a 2017 episode of Hawaii Five-0. Netflix’s 2025 documentary Shark Whisperer follows her advocacy and the debate over her methods.
The debate around her work.
Her close-contact shark videos have drawn criticism over risks to people and animals, a tension explored in Shark Whisperer. In November 2026, Civil Beat reported former employees’ allegations of workplace abuse and unpaid training at One Ocean Diving. Ramsey and Oliphant denied physical and verbal abuse; the report also covered announced changes to training pay and non-compete contracts.
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Film & TV
- 2025Shark WhispererDocumentary subject
- 2019Saving JawsHerself
- 2017Hawaii Five-0, season 7, episode 15Lily O’Neil, a shark conservationist
Books
- 2019What You Should Know About SharksAuthor; photographs by Juan Oliphant
Awards
Quotes
Stay curious, remain humble, and never stop learning.Ocean Ramsey, Cressi ambassador interview
Her advice to a new diver, published in August 2026.
Trivia
- Her husband, Juan Oliphant, photographs sharks and illustrated her shark guide with underwater photographs.
- Her children’s series The Adventures of Shark Boy and Ocean Girl draws on her and Juan’s real conservation work, with illustrations by Taylor Cunningham.
- She is a SAG-AFTRA member and has done underwater stunt work as well as acting.
- Away from work, her listed interests include surfing, yoga, hiking, and pilates.
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