Dive Wise is scuba adventures, from Puget Sound cold water to tropical reefs, plus the gear and know-how to do it right.
New videos weekly: stories, lessons learned, and honest gear breakdowns.
I’m Don, an experienced cold water diver and underwater storyteller, and I post weekly scuba diving videos to help you build skills, dive with more confidence, and explore the ocean with curiosity and care.
On this channel you will find:
Scuba adventures and destination guidance
Honest gear breakdowns and what actually matters
Buoyancy and trim help and skill building for beginner and intermediate divers
Real world diving lessons I wish I had right after Open Water
We’ll push comfort zones, prioritize safety, and chase unforgettable underwater experiences together.
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Celebrating a small but meaningful milestone: Dive Wise has passed 10,000 subscribers.
I know 10k is just one number on a much longer journey, but for me it feels like a real personal victory. This channel would not have gotten here without everyone who has watched, commented, shared, subscribed, asked questions, and supported the work along the way.
Scuba diving has an incredible community, and I’m grateful to be building a small corner of it through Dive Wise.
To celebrate, I’d also love to invite you to join the Dive Wise Discord. It’s a new community for divers and future divers who want to learn, ask questions, share experiences, talk gear, discuss dive travel, and grow together.
If you’ve been following the channel, now is a great time to come be part of the conversation.
Hope to see you there:
discord.gg/3rqWEeAP2
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The Dive Wise Discord is now open!
I’m building it as a small, thoughtful space for ocean curious people, future divers, newer divers, experienced divers, and anyone who enjoys following the Dive Wise journey.
It will be a place to ask questions, share experiences, talk dive travel and gear, and help shape where Dive Wise goes next.
Anyone who joins during the grand opening will receive a one time Founding Diver role for being part of the community from the beginning.
Join here: discord.gg/evhg48PG
Note: this invite link expires in one week.
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Ever heard of the remote island of Malpelo?! It's quite a journey to get to and I am quite happy to be heading out there for the next 2 weeks! Going out on the Ferox, planned almost 2 years ago so this one is an epic adventure I've been waiting for. Can't wait to experience it and bring back a lot of stories to share with you all!
I have videos queued but won't be around for a period of time to follow up with comments.
Catch everyone in two weeks after we get back to civilization!
More info on Malpelo:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpelo_Island
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I’m excited to share that I’m planning to launch the new Dive Wise Discord community in April!
My goal is to build a better space to engage and talk about diving for anyone with strong enough interest, want to grow their skills, make smart decisions, and share in the adventure together.
To give this the best chance of becoming a strong, high quality community, I’m going to start with limited access as we get things going.
As a benefit to the membership, if you’re already a YouTube channel member, you’ll be welcome in automatically once it launches.
If you’re not a member but would love to be part of it, email me at don@divewisely.com and let me know you’re interested! I will have limited seats available but will continue to open it up to wider audiences in due time.
Ultimately, I chose Discord because, out of all the options I considered, it feels like the best fit for the kind of community I want to build and gives us room to grow over time.
I also completely understand that Discord is not for everyone, and that is totally okay. But for now, it feels like the right place to kick this off right now.
I’m really looking forward to building this with you!
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I've been thinking about starting a Discord server to have a new form of engagement for those who enjoy the channel to talk about anything related to diving! I want to first gauge overall interest for those who'd want to join in. Let me know by voting!
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