Aquaculture Ocean Diver

bofish; Kailua (HI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance Plan

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Community Service Hours

Let’s Eat Fish! allowance

Job summary

Blue Ocean Mariculture is hiring experienced divers for our offshore farm team off the west coast of Hawaii Island, Kailua Kona. The role focuses on daily operations including feeding, harvesting, and cage maintenance across a 90‑acre marine farm.

We value safety, reliable dive skills, and the ability to work in challenging conditions. This position requires on‑site living arrangements with daily travel to the offshore site.

Qualifications

• Commercial diver surface-supplied training or substantial logged diving experience.
• Ability to dive to ~60 feet with varying currents and sea states.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Perform fish husbandry, feeding, and harvesting tasks.
• Maintain dive gear and vessel equipment; assist with cage checks and repairs.
• Work onshore and offshore in diverse weather conditions; multiple dives per day.

Skills

Commercial diver

Dive experience

Safety procedures

Tools

SCUBA gear knowledge

Job description

Here’s what we do...(click to watch) Offshore Work

About Us

Blue Ocean Mariculture was founded in 2009 to pursue the sustainable farming of local Hawaiian marine finfish. We are proud to be the only open ocean mariculture farm in the United States. With first‑hand experience in commercial capture fisheries and understand that some farming of the oceans is necessary and inevitable.

We are the exclusive producer of Seriola rivoliana, better known by the market name Hawaiian Kanpachi, a premium sashimi‑grade fish coveted by chefs at top sushi and fine dining restaurants everywhere. Hawaiian Kanpachi is raised in the clear, clean waters off Kona, Hawaii, using the most environmentally sustainable aquaculture farming methods.

Our company offers an amazing opportunity to work with a team of passionate individuals who care deeply about aquaculture, the sustainability of our oceans, and responsible fish farming. We are on a mission to promote ethical production of fish, and we're looking for people who share our values.

Benefits We Offer

• Health Insurance Plan with 85% company-paid premiums for just you or your qualified family members. Blue Ocean offers medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage with two different health carriers to choose from.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with up to 4% company match with a plethora of self-directed investment allocations so you choose how your contributions are invested.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) with a starting accrual of four (4) weeks per year (160 hours), increasing at three (3) years and six (6) years of working with Blue Ocean.
• Paid Community Service Hours up to 24 hours per year through independent volunteering or with Blue Ocean group activities.
• Let’s Eat Fish! allowance of up to $100 per month (you can order weekly) of Hawaiian Kanpachi in either whole fish, filets, or Kanpachi collars.

About the Role

We are looking for experienced divers to join our Offshore farm team. The Offshore team is responsible for the day to day operation of our farm. This includes fish feeding and harvesting, cage maintenance, and equipment & vessel maintenance. Our farm is located approximately a half mile off of the west coast of Hawaii Island in Kailua Kona. Our divers live on land and travel daily to our 90 acre farm.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Fish husbandry & harvesting – semi-weekly harvests, feeding, loading and tracking of feed, parasite checks & treatment
• Maintain fish pens - cage checks & repair, net cleaning, daily mortality collection
• Assist with equipment and vessel maintenance
• Work onshore and offshore in calm or extreme weather conditions
• Perform multiple working dives per day
• Works with heavy machinery offshore
• Handle and maintain ocean vessels in good working order

What You’ll Bring

Required Experience:

• Commercial diver surface supplied training & certification through a qualified program OR substantial logged dive experience beyond certification requirements, with varied dive profiles, repeated dives to approximately 60 feet, 30–45-minute dive durations, and experience in varying currents, visibility, sea states, and environmental conditions.

Highly Desired:

• Rescue certification through a recreational scuba agency
• Responsible and correct use, care and maintenance of both SCUBA and SSBA dive equipment
• Knowledge of RGBM dive tables and dive computers
• General boat experience

Preferred:

• Knowledge of safe working practices and self care during diving operations
• Knowledge in use and maintenance of auxiliary equipment to diving operations
• Knowledge in dive rescue and CPR. Able to fulfill the safety diver role in farm operations
• Must be able to lift 50lbs

A pre-employment background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle report are required. This position is subject to the US Coast Guard drug testing program under Title 46 CFR 16.230.

We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.