Ocean Facts

In 1992, a cargo ship spilled 28,800 rubber bath toys into the Pacific Ocean. Some were found in Alaska 10 months later, while others traveled over 17,000 miles and washed up on Atlantic shores 15 years later, helping scientists study ocean currents.

The oldest known individual animal was 'Ming' the ocean quahog clam, who lived for 507 years before being discovered off the coast of Iceland in 2006.

Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.

The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.

There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.

One cubic mile of seawater contains about 25 tons of dissolved gold.

The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!

It takes a drop of ocean water approximately 1,000 years to complete a full circuit through the global ocean circulation system.

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef stretches over 1,400 miles, making it the largest living structure on Earth visible from space.

There's a cruise ship named "The World" where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.

More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.

The blue whale's call reaches 188 decibels, making it one of the loudest sounds produced by any animal and can be heard over 1,000 miles away

In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.

In 2011, a 60-meter circular anomaly was discovered on the Baltic Sea floor at a depth of 90 meters. While its unusual shape and apparent 'runway' trail sparked UFO theories, geologists believe it's a glacial formation—though the discovery team claims electronics malfunction directly above it.

The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.

There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.

There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.

Steven Callahan spent 76 days at sea while he drifted 1,800 perilous miles across the Atlantic in a rubber raft, battling starvation, thirst, sharks and storms. He later became the technical adviser for the acclaimed movie Life Of Pi.

There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.

The dwarf planet Ceres, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, baffled scientists when NASA's Dawn spacecraft photographed mysterious bright spots on its surface in 2015. The gleaming patches sparked wild theories—from ice volcanoes to alien bases—before researchers discovered they were actually salt deposits left behind by briny water seeping up from an underground ocean.