A Brief Bio:
Todd Kortte is an Actor and Producer in Los Angeles with a passion for the underwater world. He also has a creative background in roller coaster design/theme park ride design and has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Studios Creative. Todd combined his storytelling theme park background with his Hollywood acting experience and brought experience to the underwater world. He placed 4th in the world in the Underwater World Shootout in Germany in 2018. He is the only American to make the top 5 finalists in the underwater video category. Todd has several licensed viral videos, is a 5-time video winner of the So-Cal Shootout, has achieved over 10 million minutes of online stream time with his work, and is currently achieving more Film Festival awards with his underwater content.
Todd is also a Pro Team Member for Kraken Sports and participates regularly with Oceans Defenders Alliance in Southern California to remove lost fishing nets off the coast of California.
In the hope of giving other divers the tools to capture our underwater world and share it online for the world to see, Todd teaches underwater videography and GoPro underwater classes with Bluewater University.
You can view Todd’s work on his Oceans Unknown YouTube channel
On his Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/oceans.unknown
Or on his Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OceansUnknownToddKortte/
Upcoming Trips:
- Fiji Soft Coral & Shark Bonanza Photo & GoPro Workshop Oct 2024
- Oct 9 -19, 2024
- 10N Starting From $3,990
- Dive the world’s best shark dive in South Fiji plus the world’s best soft corals in the Bligh Waters in warm, clear water
- Learn from Bluewater’s top photo and video instructors - Nirupam Nigam and Todd Kortte
- Easy travel from the USA, stay at two of Fiji’s best dive resorts
- Bring your non-divers to experience the best snorkeling in the world at VoliVoli resort
- Unique opportunity to learn photography and GoPro skills from two of Bluewater’s best instructors
- Read the trip recap from our 2022 Fiji underwater photo workshop here.
- Puerto Galera GoPro Workshop 2025
- Apr 25 - May 5, 2025
- 5N Starting From $1,192
- FREE daily GoPro video workshops
- Unlimited diving (up to 4 day dives and 1 night dive per day)
- Offers some of the best diving in the Philippines
- Features incredible marine diversity, perfect for underwater photographs/videos
- Accommodation, with full-board meals at El Galleon Dive Resort
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- Raja Ampat GoPro Workshop 2026
- Dec 5 - 15, 2026
- 10N Starting From $4,661
- Discover why our Raja Trips are the pinnacle of diving with spectacular biodiversity
- Raja is considered by many to be their #1 top bucket list dive destination in the world
- Stay at the first PADI 5-star boutique hotel in the area
- 4 to one diver to guide ratio delivers a personalized dive experience
- Manta rays, wobbegong sharks, mind-blowing corals and schooling fish, highest marine diversity in the world
- Includes FREE optional workshop
