Conservation
1% for the Ocean
1% of every sale goes to verified marine conservation. Not an approximation — a specific transaction to named NGO partners for a specific outcome. We publish our conservation numbers quarterly on our Impact page.
The Brand Story
There is a moment, underwater, when the world above the surface becomes genuinely irrelevant. Not in an escapist way. In a structural way. The rules are different. The silence is different. The sense of what matters is different.
Rohit Gupta has had that moment thousands of times — in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Galápagos, in the cave systems of Mexico. And each time he came back up, he brought with him the same uncomfortable awareness: the world above the surface is making decisions about the world below it, and most of those decisions are being made by people who have never been down there.
Ocean Evoke exists to change that relationship.
We do it through products — wall prints, poncho towels, ocean apparel, and magic mugs, each carrying an original underwater photograph by Rohit and a direct contribution to reef conservation.
We do it through stories — conservation articles, dive journals and underwater photography that take the reader into the places that most people will only ever imagine.
And we do it through advocacy — consulting services that bring the ocean’s urgency into the boardrooms and strategy sessions of Indian businesses navigating sustainability.
Ocean Evoke is not the brand equivalent of a donation bucket. It is a business model built on a belief: that commerce and conservation are not opposites. That you can sell something beautiful and fund something important. That purpose and profit, when properly structured, compound.
How We Work
What We Do
Four ways we bring the ocean to you — and bring your actions back to the ocean.
Community
The Evoke Tribe
A growing community of ocean advocates across India who use their purchasing decisions, conversations, and social presence to make the ocean matter to people who have never seen it.
Services
Dive, Train & Consult
Dive travel liveaboard bookings worldwide. Dive training consultation for aspiring divers from recreational to technical. Sustainability consulting for businesses navigating BRSR and ESG. Three services, one mission.
Products
Ocean-Inspired Products
Original underwater photography printed on premium materials. Ocean-themed products designed to last, built to fund conservation, and made to be genuinely beautiful. From wall prints to poncho towels, every product carries a story from below the surface.
Our Commitment
We Are a Social Enterprise. Not Just a Brand.
Ocean Evoke is built on a single belief: that commerce and conservation are not opposites. Every product sold is a direct funding event for ocean protection. We don't donate when convenient — we donate because the ocean is why we exist.
India has 7,500 km of coastline and borders three of the world's most biodiverse marine zones — yet produces a fraction of global ocean conservation output. We are here to change that, by building a business model that makes conservation automatic, not optional.
See Our ImpactCoral reef restoration & monitoring
India's Andamans · Lakshadweep · Great Barrier Reef
Marine protected area expansion
Funding campaigns across 30+ countries
Anti-poaching direct intervention
Protecting whales, sharks & turtles at sea
Ocean literacy & coastal education
Training communities to become reef guardians
Our Services
Three Ways to Go Deeper
Dive Training
Master the Depths with Expert Guidance
From your very first breath underwater to advanced technical diving with CCR rebreathers — we consult on the right training path, the right certifications, and the right instructors globally. Guidance from a TDI Mod 3 CCR diver.
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Dive Travel
Liveaboard Bookings Worldwide
Curated liveaboard diving experiences across the world's most spectacular underwater destinations — Indonesia, the Maldives, the Red Sea, Galápagos, and beyond. Planned by a diver who has been there, not a travel agent who hasn't.
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Sustainability Consulting
Protecting Oceans Through Business
We help Indian businesses navigate BRSR compliance, ESG strategy, and real sustainability integration — not greenwashing. We bring the ocean's urgency into boardrooms and strategy sessions for companies that want to lead, not follow.
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Community
The Evoke Tribe
We are not building a customer base. We are building a tribe. The Evoke Tribe is a growing community of ocean advocates across India — divers, travellers, conscious consumers, and storytellers — who believe that how you spend your money is how you vote for the world you want.
Be the first to knowEarly access to new products, prints, and dive trips before public launch
Join conservation conversationsAccess to content, updates, and direct stories from Rohit's dives
Your purchase, your impactSee exactly where your contribution goes — reef by reef, NGO by NGO
Built in India, for the worldPart of a movement that starts from our coastlines and reaches every ocean
1K+
ocean advocates & counting
Learn more about our Founder
Our founder, Rohit Gupta, an experienced technical diver and underwater photographer, recognized the urgent need for ocean conservation. Combining deep marine insight with expertise in sustainability consulting, he founded Ocean Evoke. We aim to showcase the beauty of the underwater world, offer thoughtfully curated ocean-inspired products, and raise awareness about its vulnerabilities-while contributing to solutions that protect its future.
Proudly Indian
Born in India. Built for Every Ocean.
India has 7,500 km of coastline. It borders three of the world's most biodiverse marine zones. And yet India has almost no ocean-conservation lifestyle brand to call its own. Ocean Evoke is that brand — built from Kolkata, shaped by Indian oceans, and reaching every reef on the planet.
Made in IndiaProducts crafted with Indian artistry and global quality standards
Indian Reefs FirstPrimary NGO partner ReefWatch protects our own Andaman & Lakshadweep reefs
Indian Diver, Global VoiceRohit's TDI Mod 3 CCR credential is a first for Indian ocean storytelling
BRSR-Ready BusinessSustainability built into the business model, not bolted on for compliance
"The ocean doesn't need spectators. It needs protectors. And India has more coastline than it has ever had protectors for."
— Rohit Gupta · Founder, Ocean Evoke · Technical Diver · Conservation Advocate
