About DiveJourney
A living map for people who love the water.
Planning-first guides, real logs, and trip overlaps to meet other divers when you travel.
Why it exists
Most underwater discovery is scattered across forums, outdated blogs, or built for one narrow kind of trip.
DiveJourney is built to help people plan better, whether that means a shore snorkel, a training-heavy dive town, a day-boat destination, or a remote liveaboard expedition.
The goal is simple: make it easier to go from "where should I go?" to "book it" with clearer information, better local context, and less junk in the way.
"Where's the nearest place I can disappear into the water?"
What makes it different
Planning
Planning-first, not pins
Access, hazards, entry notes, and local context, not just coordinates.
Real sessions
Built from real sessions
The map improves as divers log dives and share what actually happened.
Community
Trip overlaps
Add travel dates, see overlaps nearby, and message to line up dives.
Principles
- Planning-first, not hype
- Multi-activity by default (scuba, freedive, snorkel)
- Local detail and safety first
- Respect the ocean and the places we visit
- Clear labels when something is featured or pays DiveJourney referral revenue
- No required take-rate on direct local operator leads or bookings
Meet the founder
I built DiveJourney because I couldn't find what I wanted: a simple, up-to-date way to discover chill walk-in spots for snorkeling and freediving while traveling.
I kept running into the same problem: everything was scattered, outdated, or shaped around one narrow style of trip. So I started building the map I wish existed.
If you live for the water, I hope this becomes your home base.
John Potess - founder
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