The Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm in Kailua Kona, Hawaii (the "Big Island") is now open for visitors! See for yourself!

Ocean Rider, Inc. is a family business  that  incorporated in 1998.  We used our life savings to start  and operate the farm.   Cutting edge technology and hard work paid off with the sales of our first farm raised  Mustang seahorses in July of 1999!  We have relied on the sales of these pet seahorses to operate our farm  ever since, avoiding venture capital style funding. We now captively breed over 15 species of seahorses which are now on display in our aquarium room!  Research and Development continues on new species every day. We hope to have all 34 species breeding on our farm soon! Not only are we helping to save the seahorse from extinction and the ocean they live in but we offer you the opportunity to help  by choosing farm raised  fish over wild caught fish whenever possible. Join us on our tour and find out how you can get more involved in protecting our ocean and waterways around the world.

Vision Statement:

Mission Statement:

To inspire and contribute to saving our planets oceans by providing the aquarium hobbyist with beautiful and distinctive farm-raised ornamental sea horses of the highest quality

Ocean Rider, Inc. is an organic Hawaiian-based aqua-farm that follows strict good farming practices in raising seahorses and other aquatic life.

Ocean Rider does not discharge seawater into the ocean.

The larval rearing, nursery, and grow-out systems are supplied with a high flow of pristine ocean water that is pumped into our closed facility. This pristine class AA Hawaii oceanic water  is pumped into our facility by the Natural Energy Lab.  This unlimited water supply water comes from  one pipeline that is 125 feet deep and a second pipeline that is 2000 feet deep allowing us to dial in any water temperature we want. This water is considered to be the cleanest in the world as Hawaii is the most isolated island chain in the world.  This water is then filtered through large industrial filters down to .1 microns and  then passed through an ultraviolet light  ensuring that our water remains pristine when it is flowed through our production facility.

Ocean Rider enforces a strict bio-security program to maintain a pathogen free farm since 1998.

Ocean Rider cultures  our seahorses with top quality organic live and frozen feeds that are not fish meal based. 

Ocean Rider maintains our seahorses in very low density to ensure optimum rearing conditions thus ensuring high health conditions.

Ocean Rider provides a certificate of Authenticity and High Health from the State of Hawaii for all our seahorses.

Ocean Rider does not sell seahorses within the State of Hawaii to ensure that there are no accidental releases into the local Hawaii waters by pet owners.

Ocean Rider does not use any chemotheraputics such as antibiotics  at any stage during the culture of our seahorses and other marine livestock, nor do we endorse the use of any type of chemotheraputics.

Ocean Rider has been breeding seahorse since 1998 using selective breeding techniques to produce high quality seahorses with unique proprietary traits and colors.  We do not genetically modify our livestock.

 The Ocean Rider seahorse populations are raised from genetically diverse broodstock population raised entirely in a closed environment.

Ocean Rider follows American Zoological Standards set for breeding facilities.

Ocean Rider is a privately owned family company.

Ocean Rider is a member of the following organizations: World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, National Geographic, Keaholoe Point Tenants Association, Hawaii Aquaculture Association, World Aquaculture Association, Specialty Coffee Association of America, Friends of Kona

You can see video footage of Ocean Rider on National Geographic  Earth Pulse program and Hawaii Oceanic Cable station.

The above can be certified as true by the following individuals who have visited the ocean rider facility in detail:

Dr. James Brock
Dr. Bruce Carlson
Dr. James Wyban

You can learn more the history of Ocean Rider by reading a special 3 part series on Ocean Rider in FAMA by Pete Giwojna published in May of 2002.