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Evidence

Every claim, with its source

ArkPad's strongest assets are a prototype that came through four storms and a resort that has been open since September 2025. This page collects what can be checked, with a source on every claim, and states plainly what cannot be checked yet.

Storm record

The prototype has survived four storms

Launched

Sept 2024

The ArkPad-D prototype was launched in September 2024, at Nabas, Aklan.

Source: The Seasteading Institute — Seasteading Triumphs!published 2025-06-02

Reported at the time

2storms

Writing in February 2025, The Seasteading Institute put the count at two. ArkPad's own record lists the four named below.

The amazing ArkPad-D prototype has survived two storms that overturned cars and devastated homes on land.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — New Year of Real Seasteadspublished 2025-02-10

Restated

The same figure was restated four months later, using the wrong basin term: the Philippines has typhoons, not hurricanes.

The ArkPad-D in The Philippines survived two hurricanes since its launch in September.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — Seasteading Triumphs!published 2025-06-02

The four storms, named and dated

Conditions recorded along the Aklan coast, where the prototype is moored. The figures describe the weather in the area rather than observations of the platform itself.

Typhoons affecting the Aklan coast during 2024, with local wind gusts, coastal wave heights and regional impacts.
TyphoonDateLocal wind gustsCoastal wave heightsImpacts and local hazards
CarinaGaemiJuly 202455-75 km/h (34-47 mph)2.5-4.0 m (8.2-13.1 ft)Enhanced Southwest Monsoon (Habagat); strong waves caused multiple suspensions of Caticlan-Boracay ferry service and localized flooding in mainland Aklan.
EntengYagiSeptember 202445-65 km/h (28-40 mph)1.5-3.0 m (4.9-9.8 ft)Indirect monsoon enhancement; moderate-to-heavy rainfall, rough seas on White Beach, and temporary bans on parasailing and water sports.
KristineTramiOctober 202460-85 km/h (37-53 mph)3.0-5.0 m (9.8-16.4 ft)Widespread PAGASA gale warnings forced multi-day port closures; heavy coastal surge battered White Beach, causing shoreline erosion and power outages.
PepitoMan-yiNovember 202450-75 km/h (31-47 mph)2.5-4.5 m (8.2-14.8 ft)Strong coastal surge along western and northern shores; ferry transfers rerouted to Tabon Port; island-hopping tours canceled and Caticlan Airport (MPH) flight delays.

Operating record

The resort is open and hosting guests

Aerial photograph of the Reef Resort in operation: white peaked glamping tents and solar panels on a floating platform between two circular fish pens, moored over a turquoise reef with service boats alongside and a mountain range on the far horizon
Aerial photograph of the Reef Resort in operation: white peaked glamping tents and solar panels on a floating platform between two circular fish pens, moored over a turquoise reef with service boats alongside and a mountain range on the far horizon

Opened

Sept 2025

Reef Resort opened in September 2025.

ArkPad opened their Reef Resort in The Philippines in September 2025 and will build their second location near Próspera on the Island of Roatán.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — Own a piece of floating real estatepublished 2025-12-16

In operation

It currently hosts guests, events, and owner stays.

Opened in September 2025, Samal Reef Resort is built by Arkpad and currently hosts guests, events, and owner stays. This project serves as a living demonstration that floating infrastructure can be economically viable, environmentally mindful, and attractive to the broader public—not just seasteaders.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — Own a piece of floating real estatepublished 2025-12-16

Open to visitors

Described as open for visitors: solar-powered glamp houses floating on an aquaculture farm.

Open for visitors now is Reef Resort, a collection of solar-powered glamp houses floating on an aquaculture farm where you can sleep to the sound of the sea.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — Every seasteader should watch this videopublished 2025-09-17

Self-supplying

The resort produces its own food, fresh water, and electricity.

The Reef Resort produces its own food, fresh water, and electricity.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — “Come Experience Seasteading”published 2025-10-28

First harvest

A first aquaculture harvest was completed in September 2024.

Source: The Seasteading Institute — Business Member ArkPad's Game-Changing Reef Resortpublished 2025-02-27secondary source: The bullet summary in this post is disclosed on the page itself as partly written by AI, and summarises a podcast rather than reporting independently. Treated as secondary.

Reach

Millions of views, and where they came from

Top-down aerial photograph of the Reef Resort: hexagonal fish pens with green netting, rows of white glamping tents on floating platforms, black solar arrays, and an inflatable water park moored alongside on deep blue water
Top-down aerial photograph of the Reef Resort: hexagonal fish pens with green netting, rows of white glamping tents on floating platforms, black solar arrays, and an inflatable water park moored alongside on deep blue water

Filipino-language video

1.6Mviews

The most recent Facebook video reached 1.6 million views.

It seems every social media influencer in the Philippines came to visit! The most recent Facebook video garnered 1.6 Million views and climbing.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — +2M Views of ArkPad Seastead Business!published 2025-09-15

English version

570K+views

The English version reached over 570,000 views.

You may notice it's in the Filipino language. Here's an English version with over 570,000 views and climbing:
Source: The Seasteading Institute — +2M Views of ArkPad Seastead Business!published 2025-09-15

On the water

Photographs, not renders

Every frame below is a photograph of the Reef Resort as built and moored off Samal Island. Nothing here is an artist’s impression.

  • The Reef Resort photographed from further out and lower, the full cluster of tented platforms and fish pens sitting on calm water with the forested shoreline of Samal Island and its houses behind
    The Reef Resort photographed from further out and lower, the full cluster of tented platforms and fish pens sitting on calm water with the forested shoreline of Samal Island and its houses behind
  • Top-down aerial photograph of the Reef Resort: hexagonal fish pens with green netting, rows of white glamping tents on floating platforms, black solar arrays, and an inflatable water park moored alongside on deep blue water
    Top-down aerial photograph of the Reef Resort: hexagonal fish pens with green netting, rows of white glamping tents on floating platforms, black solar arrays, and an inflatable water park moored alongside on deep blue water
  • Aerial photograph of the Reef Resort from a distance: the tented platforms and solar array clustered at the centre, an inflatable water park moored alongside, and two large empty hexagonal pens in the foreground, all on open blue water
    Aerial photograph of the Reef Resort from a distance: the tented platforms and solar array clustered at the centre, an inflatable water park moored alongside, and two large empty hexagonal pens in the foreground, all on open blue water

Institutional

Membership, conferences and partners

Seasteading Institute Business Member

ArkPad is a Business Member of The Seasteading Institute and was profiled in its Business Membership Podcast Series.

Source: The Seasteading Institute — Business Member ArkPad's Game-Changing Reef Resortpublished 2025-02-27secondary source: The bullet summary in this post is disclosed on the page itself as partly written by AI, and summarises a podcast rather than reporting independently. Treated as secondary.

Free Cities Conference, Prague

Mitchell Suchner presented at the Free Cities Conference in Prague, 31 October – 2 November 2025, alongside Atlas Island, Liberarx, ArkTide and The Seasteading Institute.

If you want to meet me, Mitchell Suchner, and three other seasteaders, attend the Free Cities Conference in Prague from October 31 to November 2, where FIVE aquapreneurs will present the latest updates in person, including the leaders of ArkPad, Atlas Island, Liberarx, ArkTide, and The Seasteading Institute.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — +2M Views of ArkPad Seastead Business!published 2025-09-15

Presented

The Institute confirmed the presentation went ahead that weekend.

Among the four aquapreneurs presenting their companies at the Free Cities Conference this weekend is Mitchell Suchner, founder of ArkPad and builder of the Reef Resort.
Source: The Seasteading Institute — “Come Experience Seasteading”published 2025-10-28

Second location planned

A second location is planned near Próspera on the island of Roatán, Honduras.

Source: The Seasteading Institute — Own a piece of floating real estatepublished 2025-12-16

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