Samal Island, Philippines
Bring Life to the Ocean
ArkPad is a seasteading company with the goal of building floating cities in international waters.
What we build
Three products, one purpose
ArkPad-D
The Arkpad-D is the latest model of Arkpad unit. It is designed to survive hurricanes, be deployed hundreds of miles from land, and last decades with little to no maintenance without rusting. It has an expected service life of 80-95 years. It can be deployed with Solar Electricity, fresh Water Generation, Internal Septic and fresh Water tanks, and even aquaculture space for growing fish.
Hexafarm
The Hexafarm is a new type of floating fish cage that leverages polyculture to increase fish health, product output, and overall efficiency. Polyculture is the practice of growing multiple types of seafoods in close quarters with each other, to create a closed ecosystem that promotes the growth of all organisms. In the case of the Hexafarm, the central cage is designed for salt water fish such as Milk Fish or Grouper, while the outer cage for seaweed growing space or low-density fish rearing.
Reef Resort
The Reef Resort is the Philippines implementation of the previous two technologies. Samal Island's Reef Resort combines Arkpad-D units with 4 hexafarms in close proximity. It is fully walkable, and uses 'Glamphouses' another seastead design, to hold up to 150 guests per day. You can purchase ownership in some units in the Reef Resort using cryptocurrency, or contact us to ask about the types of seasteads used and if they can be deployed to your property.
In operation
Reef Resort, open since September 2025
“Opened in September 2025, Samal Reef Resort is built by Arkpad and currently hosts guests, events, and is available on AirBNB.”
Opened
Sept 2025
Glamphouse units
290 sq ft
ArkPad D units
490 sq ft
Ownership from
₱26,800
On the water
The resort, photographed
Guests, tents and water sports at the Samal Island site. These are photographs of a resort that is open, not visualisations of one that is planned.
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Our mission
Bring floating cities into reality.
We are a team of experienced Naval Architects, Civil, Chemical, Aeronautical, and Mechanical Engineers, as well as Blockchain Developers. We are committed to pushing forward new technologies to bring floating cities into reality. Whether the technology is smaller and more stable deep sea platforms, improved mariculture techniques. We are developing the technology of the future.
- Naval Architects
- Civil Engineers
- Chemical Engineers
- Aeronautical Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Blockchain Developers
The longer view
What a floating city looks like
A visualisation of the same structural system at settlement scale — platforms, breakwaters and aquaculture together. This is a concept animation, not the operating resort.
Concept animation. The Reef Resort shown elsewhere on this page is built and operating; this is what the same system is designed to scale into.
Research & development
Other projects
Self-driving Boats
Arkpad is developing technologies to build self-driving boats that can travel long distances without needing a human at the helm.
Underwater Drones
We are building a modular underwater drone, which can be used for underwater viewing, manipulating objects, hull inspections, hull cleaning, and aquaculture work.
Ground Effect Drones
ArkPad is developing a ground effect drone for long range cargo delivery, ground effect vehicles exist between air freight and traditional shipping in terms of cost and speed.
Ocean Mining
Elements such as Lithium, Rubidium, Magnesium, and others can be harvested from seawater. While these technologies are still in their infancy, ArkPad is actively involved in this research.
For investors
Would you like to buy a seastead?
We are the world’s leading seastead builders, we can put a floating house anywhere you like, just send us a message to learn more.
Media & talks