Aquatic Apes

Leonard Logsdail creates spearfishing & freediving videos on YouTube & TikTok, under the name “Aquatic Apes.” Over the past 9 months, his videos have garnered over 250 million views. They are popular due to his fast-paced style of storytelling & his dad jokes. Originally from New York City, he now lives in Bali, Indonesia. He’s a freediving instructor, spearfishing guide & can freedive to over 132 meters with his Alchemy fins (non-consecutively). Before freediving & spearfishing in Bali, Leonard worked in New York for ten years, making & selling bespoke business suits, shirts & ties to wealthy businessmen & movie stars. He even had a small cameo appearance in the movie, The Wolf of Wall Street, as a tailor, after assisting with the production of many of the suits for the movie. During a backpacking trip around Southeast Asia, he realized that the cost of living there was a tiny fraction of the cost of living in New York. That’s also when he discovered his love for spearfishing & freediving. And so, he skipped his return flight back to the US, became a freediving instructor, & has been in Asia ever since. As a spearfishing YouTuber that lives in Bali, his old NYC dress clothes are currently gathering dust & moth-holes in his parent’s basement back in the US. However, he still wears a suit every single day. A wetsuit.