Guraidhoo is a local island in South Malé Atoll, Maldives, with clear water, several shipwrecks and an underwater swing among its best-known photo spots. It is now also the setting for a series of live underwater dive broadcasts on tiktok Every underwater shot in those streams comes from a vivo X200 Pro sealed in a DIVEVOLK SeaTouch underwater smartphone housing and kept online by the DIVEVOLK SeaLink Underwater Smartphone Data Transmitter.
The streams are produced by Hanhai Youqian Travel Co., Ltd. and run on the tiktok dive channel Madai Haiwang ("The Aquaman of Maldives"). Viewers watch the dive site as the diver swims it, and a host narrates from underwater, talking them through whatever is in front of the lens.
The Kit: A Phone, a Housing and a SeaLink
The underwater kit has three parts. The operator uses a vivo X200 Pro inside a DIVEVOLK SeaTouch underwater smartphone housing. SeaLink keeps the phone online at depths of up to 30 meters, and the operator's own streaming software sends the picture straight to the live room.
Live television from underwater has traditionally called for purpose-built underwater cameras, cabling and a production crew on the surface. That weight and cost have kept daily reef broadcasts out of reach for most dive operators. DIVEVOLK's overview of SeaLink's first live underwater TV broadcast covers what that traditional setup involves.
At Guraidhoo, the camera is the phone the host already streams with. Sealed in the SeaTouch housing, the vivo X200 Pro keeps using its own camera and streaming features underwater, and SeaLink supplies the network connection the phone would otherwise lose below the surface. A host can gear up, enter the water and go live from the same rig on every dive.
Streaming Software and SeaLink Make the Dive Interactive
Hanhai Youqian combines internet livestreaming, cross-border e-commerce and travel. The company developed its own livestream push software and pairs it with SeaLink hardware. It uses that combination to improve the underwater viewing experience and to build interactive formats around each dive.
Each stream announces the day's dive site and lists what viewers can expect to see, including sea turtles, shipwrecks, coral and rays. One of the company's experienced diver-hosts leads every dive.
Screenshots from individual streams show roughly 215 to 596 concurrent viewers, and one session recorded 14,000 likes. These figures come from single streams, not cumulative totals. Comments, follows and reactions arrive while the host is still underwater, and the host can answer viewers' questions mid-dive. For hosts who want clearer narration, DIVEVOLK's guide to the SeaLink wireless microphone transmitter shows how voice is added to an underwater stream.
From Reef Scenery to Coral Restoration, Live
The footage covers the range of a Guraidhoo dive: coral reef scenes, giant clams, schools of snapper and the island's underwater swing. It also brings viewers into the dive team's coral restoration work. Coral fragments are grown on rope nursery lines and later planted back onto the reef. Groups such as the Coral Reef Alliance explain why this kind of restoration work matters for reef recovery.
Live coverage like this shows viewers what reef care looks like in practice. It follows earlier SeaLink projects that brought coral work to a live audience, including Southern Media Group's Earth Day coral expedition livestream. For divers watching at home, it is also a reminder that good reef behavior means keeping a respectful distance and never touching coral or marine life. DIVEVOLK's guide to sustainable diving practices covers the basics.
Distinctive Content and a New Growth Channel for Hosts
For creators who stream for a living, SeaLink is first a production tool. Hosts go live underwater from the same phone and account they already use. Turtles, wrecks and reef scenes flow straight into their existing live room and set the channel apart from land-based streams. The host narrates and answers comments in real time, and viewers follow the dive as it happens.
That content also builds an audience. In the Guraidhoo streams, comments, follows and likes kept arriving while the host was still underwater, and the underwater feed drew new viewers into the live room. The followers and engagement a channel builds this way can be turned into dive travel bookings, e-commerce sales and brand partnerships. For Hanhai Youqian, which runs livestreaming, cross-border e-commerce and travel businesses, the underwater live room is a content window that connects all three.
The Same Kit Works for Everyday Divers
The phone, housing and SeaLink combination works just as well for recreational divers. Once the phone is sealed in a SeaTouch housing, divers operate it through the touch membrane, using the same touchscreen gestures they rely on above water. There is no dedicated underwater camera system to learn.
SeaLink keeps the phone connected at depths of up to 30 meters, which covers the range of most recreational dives. Divers can stream a dive, video-call family or share the day's dive site live on social media. Light to carry and quick to learn, the kit extends underwater livestreaming beyond dive operators and professional hosts to everyday divers. Anyone planning a trip can start with Visit Maldives for local island travel, and DIVEVOLK's recap of its Maldives underwater videography masterclass for ideas on shooting the atolls with a phone.
What DIVEVOLK Takes From Guraidhoo
"A dive operator should be able to broadcast a reef the way it broadcasts anything else: with a phone," said DIVEVOLK Marketing & Communications. "The Guraidhoo streams show that a phone, a SeaTouch housing and SeaLink are enough to put a live dive in front of an audience every day."
The team also pointed to the two-way format. "Hanhai Youqian pairs its own streaming software with SeaLink to turn a dive into a two-way program, where viewers ask questions and the host answers from the reef. For hosts, the underwater live room offers content that stands out on the platform and helps build an audience."
"Live coverage of coral restoration is exactly the kind of ocean communication we built SeaLink for," the team added. "We look forward to seeing more operators, creators and everyday divers take their audiences underwater." Ocean communication is also at the center of initiatives like PADI AWARE, which connects divers with reef and marine conservation work.
Take Your Own Audience Underwater
The Guraidhoo streams show what a phone-based rig can do for a dive operator: a daily live program from the reef, without a broadcast crew. Explore the SeaLink transmitter collection to see the full system, or contact DIVEVOLK to talk through a livestreaming setup for your dive center, channel or next trip.
Livestream screenshots courtesy of Hanhai Youqian Travel Co., Ltd.; all other photos provided by DIVEVOLK.
