Yaniv Stopnitzky

Yaniv Stopnitzky

Founder/CEO of DiveSight

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I'm a lifelong diver (33 years) and a PhD statistician. DiveSight grew out of one of my research projects: a fish-abundance forecasting tool that became the dive-planning app I always wished existed. My goal is to help divers plan exceptional and safe dives with the best ocean intelligence possible. Much of what makes a dive good or risky—water clarity, where the life is, what the conditions will be—is hard to know until you're in the water. I want that knowledge in a diver's hands ahead of time, for any site on Earth. I also want DiveSight to give back. Through marine life logging tied to global biodiversity records, divers' sightings feed real value back to the professional and citizen-science communities, the same data my research depended on.

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DiveSight: Scuba Forecasts - Visibility and Marine Life Forecasts for Divers

DiveSight forecasts ocean conditions for scuba divers, including underwater visibility, marine life abundance, and diver-relevant oceanography. It combines near-real-time satellite data, established oceanographic models, and machine learning to predict what conditions will be, not just what they were. This gives divers something that hasn't existed before at this scale: a visibility and marine life outlook for any dive site on Earth, including custom sites anywhere a diver drops a pin.
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