Heading out of town for the fourth of July? As with any trip, you need a great destination and some tunes for the ride.

Our Ocean Heroes finalists have spent time on the beach and on the water, learning to appreciate and protect all the ocean has to offer. Each shoreline has its own unique qualities that make it special. We asked our finalists for their favorite ocean destination -- maybe some of them are heading there this week for the holiday!

We also asked them to pick their favorite ocean-related songs and bands, and we put together a Spotify playlist

Check out their answers below!

Adults

Dave Rauschkolb:

Place: My home beach, Rosemary Beach.

Song: The B-52's / Rock Lobster

Don Voss:

Place:  Little Cayman Island, Qamea, Fiji or Yap

Song: Adele / Rolling in the Deep

Hardy Jones:

Place: St. Augustine, FL, where I live

Song: The Beach Boys / Good Vibrations

Rick Steiner:

Place: I have lived on the ocean most of my life, and have traveled the world's oceans and coasts.  I'd love to return to the NW Hawaiian Islands, the Oregon Coast, the South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Mauritania, the coast ...

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