Chelsea Yamase
Chelsea Yamase, known as Chelsea Kauai, shares adventure travel, freediving and mindful living through photography, films, guided journals and retreats.
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Known for
YouTube
Intelligent Change
ALOHA CollectionOverview
- Also known as
- Chelsea Kauai / @chelseakauai
- From
- Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
- Work
- Travel creator, photographer, filmmaker and acroyoga teacher
- How fans found her
- Freediving images and outdoor adventures shared from Hawaiʻi
Mini bio
An island beginning.
Chelsea grew up on Kauaʻi, where being close to nature shaped her interest in travel and the environment. She told HOLR that she had been a very shy child and that her work developed unexpectedly.
Finding her own route.
She originally planned to become an architect, then left that course after a year. Journalism and graphic design followed. In her interview with Pierre T. Lambert, she traced her growing audience to freediving photographs made with a friend who was learning underwater photography. As shoots and travel jobs increased, she decided to try creating full time.
Adventures with room to reflect.
Her work brings together outdoor experiences and reflections on confidence, curiosity and mindful living. In ANGELITA, she appears alongside Sam Kolder in a film directed by Josiah Gordon, made during 14 days of diving in Mexico’s cenotes. Her Notes to Mindfulness collaboration with Intelligent Change turns her interest in journaling into guided daily and weekly prompts.
Sharing the places she loves.
In her January 2026 CREATOR interview, Chelsea discussed the responsibility of introducing a large audience to fragile places. She also described hosting acroyoga gatherings and women’s adventure retreats, with past trips involving river rafting, freediving and horseback travel.
Creditschronological, newest first
Collaborations and publishing
- 2025Shibori by Chelsea KauaiCollection co-creator with ALOHA Collection
- 2024House of ALOHA: Chelsea YamaseFeatured ambassador
- 2022Notes to Mindfulness, second editionJournal co-creator with Intelligent Change
Film
- 2021ANGELITACo-star, alongside Sam Kolder
Awards
Quotes
I’m always looking for unique experiences and perspectives.Chelsea Yamase, Falstaff interview
Asked what drives her to travel in an interview published on August 19, 2022.
Trivia
- Her online name, Chelsea Kauai, refers to the island where she grew up.
- Architecture was her original career plan before she moved toward journalism and visual work.
- She wrote her own account of postponing a Utah travel assignment during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
- She has described a trip through Jordan, when phones and camera gear failed, as a favorite because it brought unexpected help from strangers.
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