Underwater Filming Services

Here is how this works in practice. Underwater camera work in Peru is concentrated around a handful of distinctive aquatic environments. Our operators are selected for confirmed experience in each. The Peruvian Pacific delivers the big-game pelagic work running out of Cabo Blanco and Máncora — marlin, dorado, large bait balls — and the Paracas National Reserve and Ballestas Islands carry the sea lion, Humboldt penguin and pinniped colonies that draw documentary commissions out of Latin American natural-history TV networks.

Here is the short of it. Lake Titicaca on the Puno border sits at 3,812m and demands altitude-rated dive operators trained on PADI, SSI, CMAS Three-Star and HSE standards for high-altitude immersion. The Amazon black-water environments of Madre de Dios, Tambopata and the Manú UNESCO biosphere carry the caiman, pink river dolphin, anaconda and giant otter work that natural-history producers shoot on month-long blocks, with surface support routed through the local jungle lodge operators.

Here is the breakdown. Every operator on our register holds professional dive certifications set for the depth and conditions of the brief. The surface teams behind them are set up with DICAPI for marine permits, SERNANP for protected-area access at Paracas and Manú, and the ASL safety conventions needed for any work in covered waters.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Housings are tied to the camera package agreed with the DP — ARRI Alexa Mini, RED Komodo and V-Raptor, Sony Venice and FX6, and Blackmagic systems all run regularly through our packages with Gates, SeaSeed and Aquatica housings, imported under SUNAT ATA carnets, with calibrated dome ports, underwater monitors and dedicated LED and HMI lighting plans. Dive plans, risk assessments, safety-diver staffing, surface support and emergency protocols are documented in line with Peruvian diving rules and global film industry safety standards before any actor enters the water. Coordinators size the team against the brief — a single-day Ballestas Islands shoot versus a multi-week Amazon black-water natural-history block needing rebreather safety and altitude-rated decompression schedules.