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About Joe

Joe Cocozza

Broadcast engineer. Systems integrator. Diver. Leader.

From live television control rooms and war zones to NASA missions and underwater caves, Joe has spent his career working where failure is not an option.

PADI MSDT NAUI Instructor Advanced Trimix Advanced Cave CCR Rebreather 3,000+ dives
Joe Cocozza in a dive top

Beyond the shot. Beyond the surface. Beyond the expected.

Two careers, one diver

Above the surface

Live television

Joe is a broadcast engineer and systems integrator with decades of experience in live television, military operations, NASA support missions and extreme environments worldwide. His work has taken him to NBC News, the TODAY Show, FOX 10 Phoenix and TV Globo.

Below the surface

Technical diving

Certified at 16, Joe went on to Advanced Trimix, Advanced Cave and rebreather diving, logging more than 3,000 dives. Today he teaches scuba and technical diving as a PADI MSDT and NAUI instructor, based in North Florida's cave country.

Where they meet

Pod Diver

In 2005 Joe launched Pod Diver Radio, one of the first scuba podcasts. Its 240 episodes became an oral history of tech diving, and the show lives on as Pod Diver TV, alongside his underwater camera work for broadcast networks.

From Outside the Frame

“A practical, deeply personal look at how calm, competence, and adaptability are built when the stakes are real.”

— Outside the Frame, by Joseph Cocozza

Cover of Outside the Frame by Joseph Cocozza

The whole story is in Outside the Frame, in print January 2, 2027.

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Work with Joe

Hire for a shoot Underwater camera, dive safety and technical management for broadcast. Underwater video → Train and stay Courses and diver lodging at Pod Diver Lodge, a NAUI Platinum Dive Destination. poddiverlodge.com ↗ Be on the show Have a story, an expedition or an idea for Pod Diver TV? Joe wants to hear it. Get in touch →