Diving, boats and reefs
I’m Faisal. I dive for fun along the Gulf coast, film the boats, reefs and turtles I meet, and sell dive logs, trip planners and two short video courses.
One letter every Friday: this week’s video, a reef or a boat day and one thing I wrote in my log.
Depth, time, what I saw and what I would do differently.
A page of the log, a few sketches and a list of fish I could name.
Tanks, bags, a camera and a flask of coffee, in the cool of the morning.
Online course
Video course · 6 lessons
Six lessons on filming a reef with a small camera, from the housing to the final cut.
“Film Your Dives Underwater was clear and easy to follow. I used what I learned the same week.”
Blog
Guides, tips and news, in writing.
A green turtle over a sand flat, a clear afternoon and a very slow swim.
The latches, the seal and the check I do twice before I get in.
Sunlight from above, a hundred small fish and one very still diver.
A wooden boat, a slow sail out and lunch in the shade of the sail.
Digital downloads
Download as soon as you pay. Yours to keep.
How I rinse, dry and check an underwater camera housing after every trip.
Printed to order
My designs, printed to order and shipped by Printful.
I grew up watching fishing boats leave the harbour at dawn, and I learned to dive as an adult because I wanted to see what they were sailing over. I have been filming under the water for nine years, mostly with a small camera and a lot of patience.
I am a recreational diver, not an instructor. I go out on weekends, on a wooden boat with a few friends, and I film the reefs, the fish and the turtles I am lucky enough to see. I write everything down in my log, and the log became the guides.
Each Friday there is a new video: a day on the boat, a reef, a turtle or the kit I pack. The courses and guides are for people who would like to film and remember their own dives.