Tidewalker Dive Labs

Beyond the usualinto the field

Documented dives, field observations, project notes, and visual stories from the edges of Tidewalker's work in the water.

Field Dispatches

Documented dives with a reason to be there.

Field Dispatches is where Tidewalker gathers the work that does not fit neatly into a class, camp, or product page: unusual Pacific Northwest dives, research-adjacent observations, restoration support, partner projects, and visual productions from time spent in the field.

Some dispatches may read like short field reports. Others may become visual stories, project notes, partner updates, or documented dive plans and debriefs. The common thread is purpose: each one begins with a reason to enter the water and something useful to bring back.

We're just getting started, so keep an eye out for our first reports from the field.

Dispatch Types

Reports, stories, and project notes from working water.

Field Notes

  • Site observations

    Condition notes, access details, habitat observations, and practical lessons from dives outside the usual training path.

  • Dive plans and debriefs

    Clear summaries of why a dive happened, how it was approached, what changed, and what the team learned.

Project Work

  • Restoration support

    Updates from kelp forest observation, shoreline stewardship, and other work connected to healthier local waters.

  • Partner updates

    Notes from collaborations with communities, researchers, makers, and working-water organizations.

Visual Stories

  • Documentary dives

    Photo, video, and narrative work shaped around a place, species, question, or field objective.

  • Educational productions

    Accessible stories that help divers and non-divers better understand the water, the work, and the people connected to it.