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John Potess

@johnpotess

Founding 100 Member
🇺🇸🇪🇸
Bangkok, Thailand

Hey! I'm the founder of DiveJourney. I love being in the water any chance I get - ideally just a pair of fins, a mask, and a low-depth spot for some casual freediving with friends. If we're in the same area hit me up on one of my socials - would be cool to grab a beer and hang out or find a new spot to dive.

Dive Snapshot

Total dives
22
Unique spots
19
Achievements
Milestones and community recognitions
Map Maker
5 SPOTS
Map Maker
Bubble Trailblazer
20 LOGS
Bubble Trailblazer
Border Hopper
5 COUNTRIES
Border Hopper
Three-Destination Drifter
3 SEAS
Three-Destination Drifter
Dive Frenzy
3 DIVES/DAY
Dive Frenzy
Countries Logged
Explored across 6 countries

Curaçao

10 dives

Last logged Mar 14, 2021

Belize

5 dives

Last logged Jun 14, 2021

Brazil

3 dives

Last logged Jan 18, 2023

Croatia

2 dives

Last logged Jul 31, 2025

Portugal

2 dives

Last logged Jun 21, 2025

Mexico

2 dives

Last logged Mar 8, 2025

Dive Timeline(22 total)
22 dives logged
  1. May31
    2021
    5/5
    12:36 AM(America/Belize)May 31, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    This was awesome, lots of nurse sharks and 4-5 reef sharks and even a family of dolphins. Interesting layout of ravines and a smalls swim-through cave.

  2. May29
    2021
    5/5
    05:00 AM(America/Belize)May 29, 2021
    Scuba DivingSnorkeling

    This was a great time. Took a boat out from San Pedro. There were a few groups out there but not too bad. Saw an eagle ray + three seahorses, tons of fish, and a good amount of nurse sharks.

  3. Mar14
    2021
    5/5
    03:19 AM(America/Curacao)Mar 14, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    Nice dive - sawe some squid + moray eels

  4. Mar14
    2021
    5/5
    01:12 AM(America/Curacao)Mar 14, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    Tugboat ship wreck, lots of fish. My favorite area is around the pier.

  5. Mar11
    2021
    5/5
    12:38 PM(America/Curacao)Mar 11, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    This was my first night dive and first time lionfish hunting - it was awesome. Completely different world once the sun sets on the reef. Some highlights were seahorses, a ton of lobster, multiple moray eels - even one of the eels I watched as it caught a fish which was wild.

  6. Mar7
    2021
  7. Feb28
    2021
  8. Feb28
    2021
    5/5
    03:30 AM(Asia/Bangkok)Feb 28, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    Tons of sea turtles, great visibility, green turtls, lobster, baby green moray eel, spotted moray, lettuce sea slug, grouper.

  9. Feb7
    2021
    4/5
    07:05 AM(America/Cancun)Feb 7, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    My first clean up dive, not sure if this is a legit entry spot normally since we were there just for clean-up dive. Enjoyed it!

  10. Feb7
    2021
    5/5
    05:00 AM(America/Cancun)Feb 7, 2021
    Scuba Diving

    Really nice drift dive for my Open Water 4th dive. Saw a few sea turtles and an eagle ray!

Bucket List
Dream dives queued up next

🇧🇿 Belize

Great Blue Hole

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🇹🇭 Thailand

Silver Beach

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🇹🇭 Thailand

Koh Ma

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Favorite Spots
Sites they revisit again and again

🇧🇿 Belize

Hol-Chan

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Cenote Carwash

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Cenote Puerta Maya

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