GreenWave’s Ocean Farming Hub and related Slack membership were launched with the intention of facilitating their 10-year goal of “providing training, tools, and support to a baseline of 10,000 regenerative ocean farmers to catalyze the planting of 1 million acres and yield meaningful economic and climate impacts” by providing a community forum and strategy dashboard. The published resources point to useful parameters for site suitability based on a variety of criteria, but the current recommendations require in situ data collection. While this boots-on-the-ground collection method is necessary for confirming specifications prior to site planning and building, broader analysis pointing to potentially suitable sites would be useful for potential farmers who currently lack oceanfront access. Many potential farmers are open to moving across the country in order to kick off their kelp careers, and most farmers live near to their farms but not on-site. This project aimed to allow these potential farmers to find a generally suitable area which they may then analyze further for parcel availability and to confirm suitability in situ. Ocean condition data including temperature, salinity, current velocity, clarity, sea floor depth, and seabed type were collected over the sugar kelp growing season (November – May) of the last four years (2018 – 2022). The data was aggregated over time and classified based on GreenWave guidelines, then published as a Weighted Raster Overlay service layer to be used in an ArcGIS Experience Suitability Modeler Widget. The resulting suitability layer was compared to existing aquaculture sites as a control. The most promising regions for sugar kelp aquaculture in the United States were determined to be located in southeastern Alaska, on the west coast north of San Diego, and on the east coast north of Raleigh.