Geoscience plays a large role in offshore wind projects starting at the very beginning when considering bidding on a lease area and continues all the way through to final decommissioning. Throughout the project timeline, geoscience information drives decisions for permitting, design, operations and maintenance, thus integrating this discipline into the full development project team. Although much of the work is technical, including data acquisition, interpretation and analyses, there is a large component of non-technical stakeholder interface. This presentation will capture the technical and non-technical spectrum when reviewing the critical role geoscience plays in the offshore wind industry.