DAVID SILVA

Underwater Videographer

David is an underwater videographer based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, producing cinematic ocean content for brands, tourism campaigns and documentaries. Originally from Portugal, David has over 8 years of diving experience across a wide range of marine environments and conditions.

Certified as a Divemaster, technical diver and freediver, this allows him to work across a wide variety of underwater scenarios, enabling a broader creative range. His work combines in-depth underwater expertise with a cinematic, natural-light approach, centered on respectful marine life encounters and immersive storytelling.

Based in Tenerife, Spain and available worldwide.

BIOGRAPHY

PORTFOLIO

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SERVICES

David works with brands, resorts and ocean-based experiences to create cinematic underwater and destination content. Ranging from full-scale productions to social-first assets and licensed footage.

Full Production

End-to-end content creation for campaigns, brands and organisations.

  • Creative direction, research & storyboarding

  • Narrative-driven storytelling

  • Multi-environment filming: land, underwater & aerial (drone)

  • Talent coordination & shoot planning

  • Professional editing, colour grading & sound design

  • Delivery in multiple formats tailored to project needs

Underwater Filming

Professional underwater filming of marine environments, wildlife and dive experiences.

  • Macro and wide-angle capture of marine life & reefs

  • Scuba diving and freediving shoots

  • Equipment and product-in-use underwater shots

  • Dive experience coverage (courses, guided dives, expeditions)

Social Content

Social-first content designed for engagement, reach and performance.

  • Vertical video (Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts)

  • Product features for dive and ocean-related gear

  • Trip & destination promo content

  • Content packages for ongoing use

Licensing

Access to a growing library of premium 4K underwater footage and aerial coastlines.

  • Marine life, reef and aerial visuals

  • Macro and wide-angle scenes

  • Footage for documentaries, campaigns and short films

  • Flexible usage rights based on project scope

GEAR

Underwater

Sony A7SIII (4K120, 10bit 4:2:2)
Marelux Housing
Dome & Macro ports
Weefine lighting kit (2x 7000 lumens)

Lenses

Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II
Sony FE 90mm Macro F2.8 G OSS
AOI UWL-03 & UCL-03 wet lenses

Aerial

DJI Mini 2 drone

Action Cameras

GoPro Hero 12

SOCIAL MEDIA STATS

Instagram

  • Followers: 2K

  • Average post views: 5K

  • Average post interactions: 230

  • Average Story Views: 170

  • Engagement Rate (by followers): 12%

  • Top Performing Content: viral reel reached 7M views
    (518K likes, 120K shares, 2K comments)

TikTok

  • Followers: 3K

  • Average views: 5K average, with reach up to 190K+

  • Average post interactions: 200, with peaks up to 800+

  • Engagement Rate (by views): 5%

(Stats calculated from the last 12 posts/reels - Updated April 2026)

CONTACT ME

DAVID.SILVA@LIVE.COM