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Ocean Surfari St Thomas St John

Inshore & Offshore Sport Fishing & Snorkeling Adventures Home of the Buy-One Get-One Free Sun Protection Performance Gear!

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From the inshore reefs to where deep ocean waters meet, Ocean Surfari provides a unique experience on the water and high quality apparel to keep the memory alive.

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MEET OUR CREW

Captain Spencer Riley

Fishing since he was old enough to hold a rod, Captain Riley (or Cap’n Goop as his friends call him) hails from Vero Beach, FL and also counts fishing as a hobby as well as a career. Along with surfing and skydiving, fishing makes up a trio of hobbies that spell out a life-well-lived for …

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Captain Rob Usnick

Fishing with Captain Usnick you will definitely be safe from all boarders. A former special forces Green Beret, Rob served 26 years in our nation’s elite commando unit. With tours in far flung places such as Afghanistan, Senegal and Bosnia, he speaks, reads and writes Pashto, the language of Afghanistan.  Following his service to our …

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Captain Chris Rapchick

When you first meet Captain Rapchick, his confident, easy smile and sense of humor make you feel instantly comfortable. But there is a lot more to Chris  than meets the eye. Chris hails originally from Charleston, SC, and is a graduate of the world-renowned military college, The Citadel. He also graduated from James Island Charter …

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Owner/Captain Marc Blackburn

How many people do you know  who would sell their home and business, buy a 37-foot sailboat, then — leaving the shore in the rear view — head out for a life at sea. Well, if you know Marc Blackburn, owner of Ocean Surfari in the U.S. Virgin Islands, you can say you know at …

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At Ocean Surfari, we keep clients coming back by always treating them fairly, and like friends. Letting them experience our island life. A life that doesn’t require shoes - although, I think I do have a pair, somewhere - a life that flows with the breeze and the waves. But also, a life that can be very exciting at times. We offer a taste of this wonderful life on every excursion with Ocean Surfari and thankfully, it keeps clients coming back for more!

- Captain Marc

MEET OUR STAFF

Riley Nichols – Mate

Riley Nichols is please to serve as Mate aboard the Reef Surfari snorkel boat, one of the newest on the Island, this craft will take 49 passengers to some of the most beautiful snorkel destination in the world! Riley, known for her infectious smile hails from Florida originally and was a gymnast for 11 years. She basically …

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Tabatha Popkey – Sales Associate

Tabatha (Tabby to here friends) is one part hard working sales associate, one-part free spirit, and two parts animal loving, sun worshipping, health conscious woman that is still looking for Mr. Right. Once almost arrested for hitting on a US Marshal, this Florida native turned island girl, is a big football fan, with a pet …

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Lavin Malkani –Store Manager, St. John

Lavin Malkani is one of those people that people like to meet. Always fun and happy, Lavin has traveled the world, sky dived from 18,000 feet, owned two businesses and sold a million dollars’ worth of jewelry many years in a row! To say that one of Ocean Surfari’s newest employees has lived life to the fullest …

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Niki Rasmussen – Havensight Store Manager

Niki, or “Sunshine” as she is most often called, may be young, but she has lived a life already. This Wisconsin native packed three suitcases, flew to Las Vegas, got married and moved to the Virgin Islands with no hesitation, and no looking back. Niki and her husband (she married her best friend) live a …

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Lisa Winterhalter – Sales Associate

When this Seattle Mariners/Chicago Cubs fan moved to St. Thomas four years ago she says that day became her fondest memory. Lisa Winterhalter has lived in Chicago and of course, Seattle and while she loves certain things about both of those cities, she says they pale in comparison to her new found home, the United …

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Yvonne Light, Retail Manager

Perhaps it’s genetic. Maybe it’s environmental. But whether the reason can be determined or not, a nickname stuck because Yvonne Light is always hungry. Looking for snacks here and yon … so her friends call her Starvin’ Marvin. It may just be an active metabolism fueled by her drive, because at one point in her …

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Christie Myers – Receiving Manager

An original “Jersey Girl,” (Neptune, NJ actually), Christie Myers has lived in St. Thomas for 27 years and has no plans to go anywhere else. She’s a self-described surfer who rides the waves every chance she gets. So living on an island provides the perfect opportunity to hang ten whenever she likes. Christie’s first job …

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Wendy Blackburn – Co-Owner Ocean Surfari

Wendy Blackburn is a free-spirited soul who has sailed to Bora Bora, reads several books at a time, lists people-watching as a favorite pastime and is an unashamed, die hard Barry Manilow fan. She is also a hard-working business owner and absolutely loves the fact that she and her husband Marc run one of the …

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Ocean Surfari apparel reflects the lifestyle that we live and have experienced throughout the years. We make design focused clothing that you can wear on the boat during a trip or back at the dock. Be sure to check out our OS SPF 50+ Performance shirts - our best seller for years! You're sure to see them around the islands. Check back soon for our new 2020 collection and 2019 closeout sale!
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