Li Zitao’s vivo X Fold6 Underwater Video: Belize’s Great Blue Hole

This 26-second Belize underwater film was shot and independently published by Li Zitao (David Lee), a director and global cinematographer who served as both underwater imaging director and camera operator on every scene. DIVEVOLK supported the shoot with a vivo X Fold6 paired with the SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 Underwater Smartphone housing — currently the only DIVEVOLK housing compatible with this foldable model, which makes this a model-specific filming setup rather than a generic claim about every vivo phone or every SeaTouch housing.

Li’s compact travel film moves from a boat entry to reef fish, sea fans, a feeding green turtle, a lionfish, a nurse shark, an eagle ray, a shallow-water freedive pass, and the unmistakable aerial ring of Belize’s Great Blue Hole. It is a creator-led field record: the film and its publication belong to Li, while DIVEVOLK’s role is to support the underwater imaging system used to make it.

Watch the vivo X Fold6 Great Blue Hole Video

Video credit: Filmed and independently published by Li Zitao (David Lee), using vivo X Fold6 with the DIVEVOLK SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 Underwater Smartphone housing.

Where the Film Was Shot: Lighthouse Reef and the Great Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole sits inside Lighthouse Reef, an offshore atoll within the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. That geography is what gives the short its visual arc: a deep cobalt center ringed by shallow turquoise reef, so the film can travel from sunlit reef life to the monumental scale of the blue-hole landscape without leaving one site. Reaching it means an offshore run from the mainland, which is why the surrounding reef footage matters as much as the famous circle.

A 26-Second Route From Reef Light to Deep Blue

The sequence works because it has a clear visual arc. Each scene adds a different piece of the experience rather than repeating the same wide shot.

1. 00:00–00:01 — The entry and the tool. The creator steps from the boat in a sun-protection suit, mask, and snorkel, then brings the phone housing into view. It immediately establishes that this is a real dive-day record, not an image made from the shore.
2. 00:02–00:05 — Descent into motion. Bubbles rise through the frame as a scuba diver drops into blue water with schooling fish passing above. The low angle toward the surface turns sunlight and fish movement into a sense of scale.
3. 00:06–00:08 — Reef texture. Sea fans, coral structure, and dense reef-fish activity give the viewer a close look at the habitat around the headline destination. This is where an underwater story becomes more than a single landmark.
4. 00:09–00:11 — A turtle feeding. A green sea turtle lowers its head to feed over seagrass and sand. The stillness of the behavior shot gives the edit a useful pause after the fish-filled descent.
5. 00:12–00:14 — Detail and passage. A lionfish opens its fins from a reef crevice, followed by a diver moving carefully through a narrow swim-through. The change from macro-like detail to a human-scale passage keeps the sequence dynamic.
6. 00:15–00:17 — Bigger silhouettes. The video shifts through a turtle with remoras, a nurse shark traveling over the seagrass, and an eagle ray gliding above sand. These are quiet observations, not staged encounters—and that restraint is part of their power.
7. 00:18–00:19 — Shallow water, then the reveal. A freediving pass near the sand leads directly into the aerial view of the Great Blue Hole’s circular opening and the dive boats around it.
8. 00:20–00:26 — Blue-hole silhouette. Back underwater, diver silhouettes, rising bubbles, and surface beams close the story. The final images bring the viewer from the wide aerial geography back to the individual experience of being in the water.

DIVEVOLK Support: The Actual vivo X Fold6 Underwater Setup

The product story in this video is intentionally precise. Li used vivo X Fold6 + SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2; the Platinum V2 is the only current DIVEVOLK housing compatible with this foldable model. That confirmation is the first step, because the phone, housing, camera area, and planned accessories have to work as one system. A similar-looking housing, an earlier vivo setup, or the phone’s own everyday water-resistance rating is not a substitute for the exact match.

For a creator, the value of this combination is workflow continuity. The phone remains the imaging platform, while the housing provides the underwater configuration for taking that familiar camera workflow below the surface. This lets a filmmaker move from capture to review and editing on one device, rather than treating underwater footage as a separate and disconnected process.

What the SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 Brings to a Foldable Flagship

• Purpose-built for a foldable flagship: the housing is configured for the dimensions and camera layout of vivo X Fold6, giving the device a dedicated underwater imaging platform rather than a fit borrowed from the broader vivo family.
• Protection engineered for depth: a dual-protection sealing structure and reinforced frame support operation at depths of up to 60 meters, while a model-specific magnetic lens solution expands the X Fold6 camera setup underwater.
• Patented full-touchscreen control: divers operate the phone’s native camera app through the housing—adjusting supported professional settings, switching lenses, and reaching the high-specification video modes the phone already provides.
• A modular 67 mm imaging ecosystem: a standard 67 mm threaded interface accepts compatible wet lenses and filters, while cold-shoe mounts take dive lights, handles, trays, and other accessories for a customized rig.

That is the practical lesson behind the Belize footage. The camera is not simply “a waterproof phone”; it is an exact phone-and-housing combination, selected first and then built into a wider shooting routine. Before travel, begin with the SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 product page and confirm the phone version, housing, and intended accessories with DIVEVOLK technical support. For current phone-market availability, consult vivo’s official mobile site.

Build With Wide, Behavior, and Detail Shots

A compact phone system can be particularly good at collecting the connective shots that a larger production sometimes misses: the first bubble stream after entry, a housing coming into the water, a brief view down a reef slope, or the surface light that closes a sequence. In the X Fold6 video, those small transition shots make the aerial reveal of the Great Blue Hole feel earned rather than pasted into a montage. For a complete destination briefing separate from the phone setup, see our Belize Great Blue Hole and Lighthouse Reef diving guide.

Build the Video in Three Scales

Use the X Fold6 setup to collect three kinds of shot, without forcing any of them. First, take a wide frame that explains the setting: the boat, a reef slope, a diver against the surface, or the aerial geometry of the Blue Hole. Second, wait for a behavior frame, such as a turtle feeding or a ray passing naturally through open water. Third, look for a detail frame—a lionfish fin, a sea fan, a bubble trail, or the texture of sunlit sand. Together, those three scales make a short sequence feel complete.

Hold each clip a little longer than feels necessary. Move slowly and leave space in front of an animal’s direction of travel. The goal is not to make the camera appear closer than the diver really was; it is to let the viewer feel present in the water. The housing supports the workflow, but calm body position and patient framing remain more important than any setting.

A Practical X Fold6 Dive-Day Workflow

1. Confirm compatibility before packing. Treat the SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 as the one confirmed X Fold6 housing path. Confirm the exact phone version, housing, and intended accessories before you leave home.
2. Set your capture intent before sealing. Decide whether the next dive is about a wide reef story, animal behavior, or a few short video scenes. Avoid spending the first minutes of the dive searching through settings.
3. Settle buoyancy before making the key shot. A new rig can change trim and hand position. Practice in calm, shallow water and keep every part of the system clear of the reef.
4. Let the scene arrive. Turtles, rays, fish schools, and light beams all look stronger when the diver waits for a natural pass rather than trying to force the frame.
5. Review after the dive, not during it. Capture the essential sequence, then return your attention to depth, time, gas, buddy position, and the route. Edit and share only when the dive is complete.

Keep the camera checklist inside the normal dive checklist. DAN’s safe-diving guidance is a useful reminder to prepare deliberately and keep attention on the dive, not on the screen alone.

Film the Dive You Are Trained to Make

A cinematic clip can make a deep site look effortless. It should not be used as a dive plan. The Great Blue Hole’s famous aerial circle belongs to a much larger and more demanding offshore environment. Belize Tourism Board guidance for the Blue Hole recommends a sustainable, licensed operator. The right dive remains the one within your certification, experience, health, local guidance, and the day’s conditions—not the deepest scene in the edit.

For a camera diver, that means settling weighting and buoyancy before the important moment arrives, securing the housing so it cannot drag across a reef, and knowing when to put the camera down. A smartphone does not remove the need to check air, depth, time, current, or buddy position. It simply gives the diver another way to tell the story after the dive is safely complete.

About the Filmmaker

Li Zitao (David Lee) is a director and global cinematographer, and the founder of Insfinity Studio Films, a creative studio whose work spans urban imagery, brand commercial projects, and film and television production. His city portrait film The Best of Nanking was officially selected by the State Council Information Office of China as the “Most Trendy International City Promotional Video” for Nanjing. In 2020 he was honored as one of the inaugural “China’s Top Ten Aerial Photographers” at the World Drone Congress, and he has twice won first prize in DJI’s SkyPixel Annual Image Awards. In 2025 he was invited to serve as aerial cinematography director for the theatrical feature Operation Jiaolong, and was named to Tencent’s WeChat Channels “Top 10 Career Experts” list for outstanding creators.

On this Belize short, Li served not only as underwater imaging director but personally operated the camera for every scene—choosing a vivo X Fold6 with the SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 professional underwater housing to test how far lightweight, mobile equipment can go in deep-water imagery. The project was released independently through his own channels, and continues his long-running work across underwater travel, marine ecology, and mobile-imaging creation.

A Creator-Led Belize Story

Belize’s Great Blue Hole earns its reputation before anyone enters the water, but this film’s story lives in the transition shots around it: the surface jump, schools of fish, a turtle’s unhurried movement, the glide of a ray, and a diver disappearing into blue light. The vivo X Fold6 and SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 pairing helps record that sequence; Li Zitao’s observation and edit give it a point of view.

Planning your own underwater story? Start with the confirmed SeaTouch 4 Max Platinum V2 compatibility path for vivo X Fold6, browse DIVEVOLK underwater phone housings, and use technical support to confirm the complete configuration before travel.