• 40% of the world’s population lives within 40 miles of a coast and 75% of the world’s largest cities are on a coast
  • The Great Barrier Reef, at more than 2,000 km in length, is the longest living structure on earth
  • The world’s largest indoor beach is found under the Ocean Dome on Kyushu Island, Japan
  • If all the gold suspended in sea water was mined, each person on earth could have 9 pounds of gold
  • The High Seas, the areas beyond national jurisdiction, cover approximately 50% of the earth’s surface
  • More than 3.5 billion people depend on the oceans as their primary source of food
  • Just under 25% of Americans visited a beach last year
  • Praia do Cassino Beach in Brazil is the longest in the world at more than 150 miles
  • The Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean in the world