The first live data dive research platform.

scubaseason.fun is born out of love for the ocean, frustration from planning my own dive trips, and a real concern for what climate change is doing to the corals.

As a diver, the questions I want answered are:

• What is in season right now, and where can I contribute by taking photos?
• How are coral reefs being impacted by global warming, and what does that mean for a specific site I want to visit?
• When was the last recorded sighting of a species I want to see, and what are my real chances of seeing it?
• Which reefs will be gone sooner rather than later, so I can prioritize my trips with actual data rather than guessing?

From the research side, scientists, conservation organizations, and governments are all actively trying to monitor reef health. The approaches vary: some send professional divers, some deploy robots, some train local undergrads to document what they see. But the cost of monitoring at scale is enormous, and none of these efforts are reaching the breadth or frequency that the situation demands. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of recreational divers are already in the water every day, observing exactly what researchers need.

The near term goal is to make this the first live updated dive research platform so fellow divers can make better planning decisions with real data, not a static guide sourced from a decade old forum thread, but live feeds from Coral Reef Watch and more, with honest labels on everything.

The long term vision is to bridge that gap between divers and researchers. To help scientists get their data faster, and to give divers the context to understand what they are actually looking at underwater. You can see where things stand in the roadmap below.