Top 60 Marine Influencers in 2026
Marine Influencers
Here are Top 60 Marine Influencers to Follow on Instagram in 2026
1. Andriana Fragola
Bio Shark and Ocean Conservation🦈
Dive With Me➡️ @mano.wahine.expeditions
📧 to Collab: *****@gmail.com
Masters in Marine Conservation Biology🌊 Instagram Handle @andriana_marine Instagram Followers 531.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Marine Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Email us
2. Brinkley Davies
Bio Mostly in the sea, & saving animals 🐠🦅
Freediver & Freesurfer | Marine Biologist
Founder & CEO: @balubluefoundation
Owner: @bandicoot_bybrinkley Instagram Handle @brinkleydavies Instagram Followers 236K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
3. Mady
Bio 🐋 Canadian Cetologist
🌊 Science comms
✈️ Come with me to the Galapagos! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @marinesciencewithmady Instagram Followers 146.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
4. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Bio Scientist, writer, policy nerd. Author WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT Co-founder @urbanoceanlab & @allwecansave. Teacher @bowdoincollege. Also: @ClimateVenn Instagram Handle @ayanaeliza Instagram Followers 141.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
5. Madeline St Clair
Bio 🪼Coral reef biologist
🎥 Wildlife camera girl
🔬Founder | @womeninoceanscience @empower_ocean *****@madsocean.com Instagram Handle @mads_ocean Instagram Followers 127.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
6. Pelayo Salinas
Bio 🤿 Happy marine biologist & explorer
🦈 Researcher @charlesdarwinfoundation
🧜🏽♂️ Ambassador @coexistprojects
Protecting the 🌊 last wild places *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @pelayosalinas Instagram Followers 102.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact
7. Erin McGinty
Bio 🏝️ Outdoor adventures
🧜♀️ 5x Spearing World Records
🎓 Marine Science Genetics PhD Instagram Handle @erinmcginty Instagram Followers 81.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
8. Dr David Hidalgo
Bio New York City Plastic Surgeon & Visual Artist
🥇Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
☎️ 212-517-9777 *****@drdavidhidalgo.com Instagram Handle @drdavidhidalgo Instagram Followers 69.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact
9. Dr. Yasmin Meeda
Bio 🔬 cleaning up pollution in water
🧬 Using biotech to help the environment
🌱 spend a day with me *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @marinebiologywithyaz Instagram Followers 65.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
10. Summer Brooks
Bio Coral Biologist
Love wild places too Let’s be friends🌲🌊🪲
Kinda everywhere📍
⬇️RESOURCES HERE⬇️ Yes.. free ones *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @summer.scientist Instagram Followers 50.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
11. Arianwen Herbert
Bio my research & fieldwork diary, talking ocean & climate science in the lab and at sea
PhD student @oxford_uni, reporter @newscientist
🌎👩🔬🌊🏳️🌈 *****@brainycreators.com Instagram Handle @scienceformymum Instagram Followers 44.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
12. Kendy
Bio 🌊 marine biology (BSc)
🪼 @montereybayaquarium Ambassador
@orcaconservancy Board Secretary
🐙 opinions are my own Instagram Handle @intertidalkendy Instagram Followers 39.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
13. Bryony Costello
Bio @paditv MSDT 🌊Marine Biologist 🐢
Gear reviews and more! Roatan📍
*****@gmail.com 💌 Instagram Handle @divewithb Instagram Followers 37K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
14. Charlie Young
Bio ⛵️ Sailing to the Arctic
🌀 Marine Scientist • Sailor • Storyteller
⚓️ Co-founder of @ocean.roamer
✍🏼 @oceanographic_mag
🎙️ @voyagetothewild *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ocean_magpie Instagram Followers 35.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
15. Alannah Vellacott
Bio Marine Ecologist & Advocate
Coral Restoration | SciComm
PADI Scuba Instructor | AIDA 3 Freediver
Dive With Me!
@gopro @suuntodive @fourthelementdive Instagram Handle @alannahvellacott Instagram Followers 30.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
16. Aliah Mellisa
Bio M.Sc. Marine Biology📍SYD
All the Sharks (& rays)🦈 @netflix
CoFounder @the.finstitute
Explorer @the_explorers_club
📸 @canonanz
🧠 ADHD/dyslexia @ted *****@naked4nature.com Instagram Handle @aliah.in.waterland Instagram Followers 29.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
17. Maggie Seida
Bio Marine Scientist
Sci comm 🌊 Seattle
📸 @girlswhoclick Ambassador
The Paul Walker Foundation
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maggieseida Instagram Followers 27.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
18. Ashleigh Fay
Bio american takes on aussie culture
✧ marine biologist in Melbourne
✧ travel, coffee, stays, seals🦭
find me on youtube ⬇️
✧ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @coffeeenut Instagram Followers 23K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
19. Johnny Gaskell
Bio Marine Biologist
All Original 🎶 & 📷
Rainforest to Reef 👇 Instagram Handle @johnny_gaskell Instagram Followers 22K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact
20. Mark Fitzgibbon
Bio 👨🔬 Marine Biologist
🦈 Shark Enthusiast
🤿 SSI Dive Master
🎤 Environmental presenter
🧜♂️ Ocean Lover
♎ 32
🇿🇦 Cape Town *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mark_fitzy Instagram Followers 21.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact
21. Emma Titeka
Bio MA @renewartistshawaii
Private pilot
Environmental Scientist Instagram Handle @emma_titeca Instagram Followers 21.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
22. Cicely
Bio the ocean, diving, travels & all the good stuff🦈🌀
🔬shark + marine researcher
📍plymouth Instagram Handle @cic_ocean Instagram Followers 21.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
23. Monica
Bio I help you escape the corporate world and make the ocean your office✨
👩💻More impact. More ocean time.
🐋DM me ‘OCEAN’ to get started Instagram Handle @genuinelyblue Instagram Followers 21.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
24. Ara Juan
Bio 🧜🏼♀️ Filipina scuba diver & ocean advocate
💙 Philippines dive and travel expert
💌 *****@diverbliss.com
🤿 Get my Philippine dive guide ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Instagram Handle @diverbliss Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female diverbliss.com + Follow Get Email Contact
25. Elizabeth
Bio 🌊 ocean storyteller, marine scientist & traveler
🌎 sharing hope + solutions
💙 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lizlivingblue Instagram Followers 19.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
26. Carissa | Hawaiʻi
Bio ocean conservation is for everyone!
founder @futureswell
+ other things
🌈🩵🌊🐚🪸 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @carissaandclimate Instagram Followers 16.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
27. Gracie
Bio 💀USA Skeleton Athlete 🛷
🌊 Marine Biologist
PADI Divemaster 🫧
*blows a kiss at the ocean*
Women in Science ♀️
Email: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @oceangirlgracie Instagram Followers 15.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
28. Tiara Moore
Bio Bold & Brilliant
Founder & CEO @bimscience
Co-founder @oceanjustice.ai
Featured @sharkweek & @jenniferhudsonshow & @essencefest & @ebonymagazine *****@tiaramoore.com Instagram Handle @curly_scientist Instagram Followers 15K Follower Growth (3mo) +25% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
29. Sarah W.
Bio Marine scientist, storyteller, seafoodie
🌊🔬🦪
📍Portland, OR *****@sarahwolf.online Instagram Handle @scientist.sarahwolf Instagram Followers 14.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
30. Lex Albrecht
Bio Professional #cyclist 2012-2020: UCI Women’s World Tour. Canadian National Team. B.Sc. Medical Biology.
Loves bikes, espresso, motos & FUN! *****@lexalbrecht.com Instagram Handle @lex_albrecht Instagram Followers 14.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
31. Hanne Strager
Bio Scandinavian/author/science writer/ marine mammal biologist/co-creator of @thewhaleandoy
Follow for stories on ocean, whales, writing and science. *****@dijkstraagency.com Instagram Handle @hannestrager Instagram Followers 12K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female wildconnection.podbean.com + Follow Get Email Contact
32. Nayantara Jain
Bio Marine biologist | Scuba Instructor | Certified Yoga Instructor | Executive Director of @reefwatchindia| Ocean Lover | Bangalore & Andaman Islands *****@reefwatchindia.org Instagram Handle @tara.oceanista Instagram Followers 11.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
33. Earth Fairy
Bio 📍 Australia + worldwide
travel / lifestyle / wellness
booking ✉️❤️*****@gmail.com
rates + portfolio ↓ Instagram Handle @tahneeleepinches Instagram Followers 8.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
34. Callie Annette
Bio 🌊Marine Conservation Biologist🇵🇦🇪🇨
🐢@LeatherbackProject &
🌿@rightsForNature Founder
🌎@NatGeoSociety Explorer
🌐@HarmonyWithNatureUN Scientist *****@my.uri.edu Instagram Handle @callieveelenturf Instagram Followers 7.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
35. Marco Rof
Bio ➖Creative Strategic Partner for Resorts and Lifestyle Brands | Model
➖Curating journeys for the active gay men @thewanderq *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @where.is.rof Instagram Followers 7.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact
36. Laura McConnell
Bio Ocean themed silversmith @sunfishsilver 🌊
Marine Biologist and ocean advocate🐠
Isle of Wight 📍 Instagram Handle @seawithme__ Instagram Followers 5.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
37. Irene Fuertes
Bio Aquí y allá 🏔️🏃🏼♀️🚴🏼♀️🚵🏼♀️⛷️🐶
💛 @raccholabici cycling team
📧*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @irfuertes Instagram Followers 5.4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
38. Rosie Poirier
Bio 2022 NA @rolex OWUSS Scholar
Art @theoceanartist 🎨
Marine Science. Underwater Photographer. Tech Diver. Scuba Instructor.
Living in a Blue World 🌊 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rosie_poirier Instagram Followers 3.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
39. Anya
Bio Biological Oceanographer & Marine Biologist 👩🏼🔬
PhD Candidate 🐚🦋
Self-Published Author 📖
Stay Curious & Be Present 🌊 *****@scigalcollective.com Instagram Handle @planktonprincess Instagram Followers 3.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
40. Rebecca Daniel
Bio Director of @themarinediaries | Science communicator | Storyteller | Content Creator | Commonwealth Youth Award - Regional Finalist *****@themarinediaries.com Instagram Handle @rebecca_saltysea Instagram Followers 3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
41. Callum Hobbs
Bio 🌊 🏴 Welsh Marine Scientist & Presenter
🪸 Ocean, fitness & van life
📩 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @calmarinebio Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact
42. Brielle Revello
Bio Sydney - Central Coast Australia Instagram Handle @briefreediving Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
43. Kayla
Bio Just another marine biologist on mother earth🌎🌞🌚
Passions include
🐟Talking about fish
🐶My dog Ophelia
👩🍳Sustainable food
🌿Identifying plants Instagram Handle @little_marine_biologist Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
44. Emma D
Bio Marine Biology PhD student 🦞🌊 Midcoast Maine 💙 *****@hotmail.nl Instagram Handle @emmaemmaemmae Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
45. Hunter White
Bio 📍probably on the beach
odu alum | marine biology 🌊
@coastalcharm757 🐚
dog mom 🐾 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @_hunterrwhite_ Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
46. Jacinta Shackleton
Bio Marine Biologist | Underwater Photographer
Queensland, Australia *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @jacintashackleton Instagram Followers 162.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact
47. Peyton Reed
Bio Peyton 🐋 | Marine Biologist
My life as a marine researcher in CA 🦈🐚
🪸Promoting eco-friendly fashion
🦑 Diving deep to protect our oceans Instagram Handle @peyton.reed04 Instagram Followers 34.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
48. Holly Richmond
Bio Marine Biologist • Wildlife Vet Nurse • Conservationist
Director of @thesharknetfilm (2019)
Cast Member of @envoyfilm (2021)
Watch the Documentary! ⬇️ Instagram Handle @hollyrichmond_ Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
49. Jess DeBenedetto
Bio 🌍 Traveler.
🌊 Marine biologist.
🍷 Wine drinker.
⏰ 200k+ on tik tok
🌮 Twitch Streamer
💃 Born and raised in Vancouver Instagram Handle @jessleedb Instagram Followers 12.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact
50. Dr Imogen Napper
Bio Marine Scientist in Kenya 🇰🇪
@natgeo Explorer / @the_explorers_club 50
Supporting Ocean Research in Eastern and Southern Africa *****@plymouth.ac.uk Instagram Handle @imogennapper Instagram Followers 5.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact
51. Shelby Thomas
Bio Founder & CEO @oceanrescuealliance
PhD- Marine Biology🪸🐠UF🐊
Voice for @naturesvoice_poetryst
Wanderlust🌍♐️FL✈️ -📍
Romans 12:21 ✝️❤️🔥⚔️ *****@oceanrescuealliance.org Instagram Handle @shelbythomas21 Instagram Followers 5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact