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Neptune Tide
Ocean gear with actual tide energy.
Embroidered snapbacks and strapbacks inspired by the California coast. An independent ocean brand founded by marine biologist Daniel Conley.
The hat collection
Find your everyday tide.
Flat-brim snapbacks and dad-hat strapbacks. Choose a design to see colors, fit and materials.
Dive Master Flat Brim - Snapback
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Salty Breeze Dad Hat - Strapback
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Salty Breeze Flat Brim - Snapback
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Sunlit Surf Dad Hat - Strapback
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Sunlit Surf Flat Brim - Snapback
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Sunset Breeze Dad Hat - Strapback
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Sunset Breeze Flat Brim - Snapback
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Trident Sunset Dad Hat - Strapback
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Trident Sunset Flat Brim - Snapback
Choose your hat →Built around the colors of the coast.
Deep navy, royal blue, sunset yellow and the changing light along the coast. Colors drawn from a life around the ocean.
Dive energy
Vintage dive helmets, marine life, and bold embroidered patches with a clean streetwear feel.
Coastal color
Sunset palettes, rolling wave lines, and the light beneath Scripps Pier.
Everyday wear
Flat brims and dad hats that work from the beach to the boat to the street.
Design Studio
Embroidery-first artwork with coastal attitude.
The brand is built around bold stitch patterns, sunset color, tridents, waves, dive culture, and Scripps Pier energy. These finished artwork pieces show the design direction behind the current hat collection and future drops.
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Source Material
Real coastline, real field energy.
Neptune Tide pulls from the coastline itself: drone views, Scripps Pier light, surf lines, dive work, and the way the ocean looks when you spend your life around it.
Our Story
Born from the ocean. Built for everyday life.
Neptune Tide is an independent California ocean brand shaped by marine science, coastal culture, and creative design.
Founded by marine biologist and artist Daniel Conley, the brand is for people who see the ocean as more than scenery. It is work, freedom, memory, movement, and inspiration.
Read the StoryHats now. Shirts and hoodies next.
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Collaborations
Ocean work is stronger when we move together.
Neptune Tide is built around ocean culture, marine science, and real conservation relationships. These collaborations connect the brand to reef restoration, community stewardship, research, education, and ocean protection.
Project Kolika
Neptune Tide x Project Kolika brings the “Be a Protector” message to a completed collaborative design. Learn more about Project Kolika’s ocean conservation and research work below.
CoralNet
Automated reef image annotation
Fiji
Coral reef image analysis
Pacific Blue
Science connected to conservation
Science & Capabilities
Reef science is part of the current.
Neptune Tide is founded by marine biologist Daniel Conley and shaped by prior work in coral reef ecology, field methods, marine imagery, habitat monitoring, and research communication.
Explore the science page for published work, upcoming CoralNet methods and reef ecology papers, and the practical capabilities behind the brand.
Image Data
Turning reef photographs into quantitative ecological information.
CoralNet
Using machine learning tools to improve annotation workflows.
Research
Published literature and work in development.
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Some people visit the ocean. Others build their life around it. Neptune Tide is for the second group.
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