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Most underwater discovery is scattered across forums, outdated blogs, or built for one narrow kind of trip.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

How DiveJourney makes money

DiveJourney makes money through a mix of paid shop tools, featured placements, and selected third-party referral partnerships.

On some pages, DiveJourney may link to external booking or insurance partners and earn revenue if a user clicks, requests a quote, or completes a purchase.

When that happens, we label it clearly.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, external bookings, quotes, policies, claims, and support are handled by the named partner or provider under their own terms.

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I kept running into the same problem: everything was scattered, outdated, or shaped around one narrow style of trip.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

John Potess, founder of DiveJourney

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