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Eco-Tours & Reef Education 

Blue Marine Off Coast is entirely based on Lizard Island, a paradise located in the Coral Sea. We pride ourselves on the professional services we offer, including eco-tours, once in a lifetime dive excursions, sustainable fishing adventures, as well as individually curated events catered to our clients' needs. Our diverse family of divers and scientists each followed their own unique journey to get here. All because we value the natural beauty of the Great Barrier Reef and are committed to preserving it for our future generations. We provide a full service program and offer every amenity, although the blue wonder of our waters and the universe below are the real draw.

We travel to dozens of unique sites on the outer GBR. We offer day trips, and overnights, cruises and everything in between on our unique vessels. No experience needed, and everyone has the opportunity to participate in snorkeling, recreational dives and certified diving.  

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Coral Conservancy & Marine Medicine

We manage and maintain the world's most diverse coral farm, raising over one hundred varieties of coral on twenty-seven sustainable sites in the Coral Sea. Aaron Crego and Marcus Moretti manage the program and interface with countless international conservation and reef preservation programs. 

Our Lizard Island facilities run on locally-sourced CETA Wave Technology. 

We support graduate student programs and offer unique placements on our teams and vessels. We have developed a reputation among marine biology graduates as an essential foundational experience in marine life preservation and study. Lanie Ramal leads a medical staff deeply committed to ocean exploration, and they strive to push their inherent interest in preserving and investigating the natural anti-cancer compounds found in marine life. We firmly believe sustained marine life offers the best chance for an endless source of viable targeted treatments and other curative agents, that will effectively reverse or decimate countless diseases.

 
Nessa on vacation.

Nessa on vacation.

Nessa Cabrera

Nessa Cabrera is BMOC's lead marine ecologist. She is a zero waste conservationist and lectures worldwide on patterns of human sustainability. She studied Marine Science at UC Berkley and has an M.A.S. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She was recruited by Aaron Crego following her research tours in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Papau New Guinea and along the Madagascar coast.

Nessa left her extended family in Alabama, but brought her dog Nelson with her, to live on Lizard Island. Her work for BMOC includes conservation project design and statistical analysis, focusing on the relationship between humans and the marine environment. She is a PADI Dive Instructor and part-time chef for the team. She caters all extended eco-tours.  

Lizard Island Yoga Club.

Lizard Island Yoga Club.

Lanie Ramal

Lanie Ramal is a physician scientist studying critical molecular cellular immunotherapies. Insights from her work offer new possibilities for the development of targeted treatments for common and uncommon genetic disorders. The recipient of numerous awards, and holding advanced degrees from Duke and Dartmouth, Lanie left a lucrative career at Eli Lilly to spearhead an investigation into the chemical diversity marine animals offer in a search for new drug treatments. She calls herself the Mistress of Medicine at BMOC, although her skills aren't limited to science. She's a PADI certified Dive Master and an AAUS Scientific Diver.