Jordan Manning
Underwater Videographer
FEATURED IN / WORKED WITH
PADI
NRDC
Hamilton Watches
Meta
Cressi
Insta360
GoPro
Suunto
Jordan Manning freediving on the beach
ABOUT

Jordan Manning is an award-winning underwater videographer, conservationist and storyteller based in Southern California. Driven by a lifelong connection to the ocean, his work captures the beauty beneath the surface while giving a voice to the places and wildlife that need protecting.

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Notable Projects

Stories worth bringing to the surface.

Underwater Videographer

The Deep Blue Sea

Dive Model

Hamilton Watch Commercial

Videographer, Editor, Narrator

Laguna Ocean Foundation

Conservation partners

Working alongside organizations committed to protecting our oceans and the life within them.

Laguna Beach Blue Belt Coalition

A coalition of local organizations and individuals working to protect and restore marine life along the Laguna Beach coastline. Formed in 2008, the group helped establish Laguna's Marine Protected Areas and continues to advocate for expanding no-take protections, backed by community education efforts like local photo contests and outreach programs. I work alongside the coalition to document the marine life and kelp forests these protections are designed to safeguard, and to help make the case for expanding them.

lagunabluebelt.org

FutureSwell

A conservation media company built to educate, empower, and activate the next generation of marine conservationists — through a podcast, newsletter, and video series connecting people with the beauty and power of the ocean. I contribute footage and imagery that helps put a face to the ocean stories they cover.

futureswell.org

Tidey Ocean

A nonprofit working to stop ocean plastic by making it too valuable to throw away — partnering with impact-focused brands to fund plastic collection in Guatemala, next to one of the most ocean-polluting rivers on the west coast of the Americas, while creating economic opportunity for the communities doing the collecting. I help capture the story of that work, on land and in the water it's protecting.

tideyocean.com

What I shoot with

A setup designed for wherever the ocean takes me.

Sony A7SIII

GM 16-35mm & GM 24-70mm

GoPro Hero 13

Insta360 Ace Pro 2

SeaFrogs Housing

DJI Mavic 4 Pro

CONTACT
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