Sea Semester

At a Glance

Cherrington Scholars Eligible

• The Sea Education Association (SEA) is an educational institution dedicated to the study of the ocean environment and its relationship to the Earth and to human affairs.
• SEA’s mission is to challenge students intellectually and physically within a rigorous, interactive, interdisciplinary curriculum, while providing opportunities for significant personal growth.
• The SSV Corwith Cramer sails the waters of the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. Destinations include British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Honduras and many others.
• Corwith Cramer, named after SEA's founding director, was designed by Wooden and Marean specifically for SEA and was constructed by ASTACE in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain.
• The SSV Robert C. Seamans sails the waters of the Northern and Tropical Pacific. Destinations include French Polynesia, Hawaii, Mexico, Palmyra Atoll and Canada.
• Robert C. Seamans, SEA’s newest vessel, was designed by Laurent Giles of Hampshire England, and built at JM Martinac shipbuilding in Tacoma, Washington.