Looking for Beta Testers for New Dive Trip Planning App

[JuhoH]

Big thanks to all beta testers — and especially Chip — for the valuable feedback! I'm excited to share that I Dream of Diving has officially launched: idreamofdiving.com.

I built this app because, while some people like AI to do all the thinking for them, I prefer to stay in control when planning my dive trips. I figured others might feel the same — so this tool is for anyone who wants a bit more flexibility, transparency, and control when organizing their next dive adventure.

With I Dream of Diving, you can:

• Explore which dive regions are best for your travel season.
• Avoid tropical storm seasons.
• Filter dive sites by your preferred sea temperatures.
• Quickly find nearby airports and search for flights to your chosen region.
• Apply tons of useful filters: arrival dates (great for liveaboards), layover times, total flight duration, preferred airlines, and more.

And if you're like me and used to juggle spreadsheets to compare options — you won't need them anymore. You can favorite flight connections, compare them side-by-side, and easily build your ideal trip plan.

The service runs on a pay-what-you-want model. Everyone gets plenty of free searches up front, and if you find the app useful, any contributions help me keep it running.

Check it out: I Dream of Diving - Plan your perfect dive trip

 

[DenisDi]

Hello. Where do you get the sunken seats from?

 

[JuhoH]

If you mean the dive sites, they are compiled from four different sources. I've also put in quite a lot of effort in fixing some of the errors in the data. You'd be surprised how many dive sites there are at 0 latitude, 0 longitude...

I then enrich the data with sea water temperature data from the Copernicus Marine Service.

 

[DenisDi]

Thank you very much. I have been collecting diving sites for my application for over 10 years but I have not yet come across an open API. I made my own and opened it up for diving centers. It happened yesterday)))
Free Dive Site Map

 

[JuhoH]

Thank you very much. I have been collecting diving sites for my application for over 10 years but I have not yet come across an open API. I made my own and opened it up for diving centers. It happened yesterday)))
Free Dive Site Map

Looks very nice. If you end up compiling a list of diving center locations (e.g. the ones using your API), let me know and I can add them to my app and maybe drive more business towards them.

 

[DenisDi]

Looks very nice. If you end up compiling a list of diving center locations (e.g. the ones using your API), let me know and I can add them to my app and maybe drive more business towards them.

Very good idea. Thanks for the suggestion

I mentioned it here. If you need diving cents, it is available in the Google Maps API