Dave Hernandez (born September 20, 1970, Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican guitarist, singer and songwriter.
He is best known as a former member of the American indie rock band The Shins, with whom he recorded four studio albums.
Hernandez met Shins frontman James Mercer when both lived in Albuquerque playing in underground bands in the early/mid 1990s.
Among the other bands Hernandez has played in are Broadcast Oblivion, The Charming Snakes, and The Boskos.
Despite his and his bandmates' departure from The Shins, frontman James Mercer, invited both Hernandez and Crandall to perform on the band's fourth studio album, Port of Morrow (2012), as session musicians.