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It may be beneficial to explain the context of the discussion my party had.

We were on a boat that was beached, but still in about 18 inches of water, instead of getting off of the boat using the rope, I decided to use perfect dive and just jump into the water.

One other player said that I couldn't use the Perfect Dive feat because the water was too shallow, and I phrased it as a backflip and not a dive.

We then began discussing that in my view, the feat would allow me to fall towards water in any form and the "cushion of the waves" happens at the surface of the water, not 19 inches down for example. Therefor any interaction I have while landing in water would ignore fall damage.

After discussing it the DM let the feat work in this moment but wants to look at rulings and see what the minimum depth etc would be and at that point I will either accept the ruling or look at a replacement feat.

The rules text for the Perfect Dive feat states the following:

You dive into the water with exceptional skill and connection to the waves, urging the water itself to cushion your fall. You intentionally Leap or otherwise fall into the water, taking no falling damage regardless of the distance.

Before I take this feat, I was wondering if a character would need to thematically "dive" or if another fall type would work (like a canonball) and what the water depth needs to be at minimum for this to work (I assume you can't dive off a cliff into a puddle for example).