Sea Education Association

Founded in 1971 by Corwith Cramer, Jr.[1] SEA operates two sailing ships traveling throughout both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

SEA is based on Cape Cod in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

[2] Founded in 1971, the Sea Education Association spent its first years operated from headquarters in Boston and Chicago, however in 1975, Corwith Cramer had the organization and its sole vessel, the R/V Westward, transferred to its modern-day location in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

[3] In 2004 SEA joined the Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee, a coordination between NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Woods Hole Research Center to increase diversity and inclusion within ocean sciences.

This effort was initiated and led by Ambrose Jearld Jr. of Woods Hole.