Another winner! At first the Frog Fish were my favorites, but then the Jellyfish!!! I know it may sound silly to you, but I am always amazed at the diversity of creatures in the ocean. And, to think that every tiny little "thing" plays it's own role. BTW, do you use a tripod to stay still enough when filming the macro's? Thanks yet again.
Thank you so much. Those jellies were beautiful. I don't use a tripod for the macro stuff, which can be challenging at times. I have seen others use them, but not too often. Sometimes it is difficult to get into tight spots with them.
Yet again, a wonderful video. I can't believe the numbers of clownfish that you saw. And the collection and variety of Nudi's was amazing. What was that "big" yellow blob in the crab section? And, a sea snake (I think that and not an eel) and cuttlefish. I have yet to see one. Thanks for sharing. lastly, where do you get your music?
Thanks. The bellow blob in the crab section was a sponge crab. It was difficult to tell, since he was completely covered. I use a royalty-free music site called "Artlist" for the music in my videos. It is a subscription.
That's not bad viz either! I'd say it was very close to perfect. The tiger shark didn't look like the resident female. (I don't remember her name offhand)
The viz wasn’t really very good. Very cloudy and milky. Neither shark was Laverne. There are quite a few other sharks that frequent the area. I haven’t seen Laverne for a few months.
@@nyfrogman Thanks for writing back. Re-reading, I was about as clear as the water. I meant to say the dive was close to perfect, not the viz. I hope Laverne is just off doing her shark thing and will return again.
For roughly ten straight months out of the year, you can see hammers here in Japan as they migrate along the western pacific current flowing north. Some great spots to see them are Yonaguni, Okinawa, just off the coast of Kyushu, off the tip of the Izu peninsula, or even from an easy shore dive off of either IzuOshima or Toshima or NiiJima or HachijoJima.
Toucans are some of my favorite birds! Did you know they need special diets? They can develop hemochromatosis (iron storage disease) very easily, and therefore, need to keep very low amounts of iron in their diets.
It was great meeting you guys yesterday. I remember you telling me about how dolphins can shut off half their brain to sleep. I found that little factoid to be fascinating, and will definitely look for more information to read up on that soon.
I saw Mantas from a distance on our trip to French Poly but nothing like this. I wonder what happened to the Left flap (I don't know what they are actually called) on that one. As always, thanks for sharing.
The cephalic fin on this manta may have been amputated some years ago. I believe that this manta had the fin badly damaged by fishing line and it was amputated by a diver. The manta recovered nicely and has been fine ever since.
that tiger looks like a big girl! don't turn your back on her! sharks that big are risky, you only left because she let you. great video, haven't been to Kona in years, jealous! enjoy your dives!
Wow just watched your video amazing, I'm looking into the Cocos for a possibility for next year and was considering June that just sold it for me. You saw so much. Were you there early June ? Can you tell me the water temp ? Did you wear a 5mm ? Do you use a GoPro ? Cant believe how close the hammerheads came to you were you on a rebreather ? Just amazing footage Im sold awesome, thanks so much for sharing love it :)
Thanks. I'm glad that you liked it. We had a very good trip. We went in mid-June, boarding on June 13. The water temp was pretty warm until you reached the deep thermocline (at about 100 ft). It was high 70's above the thermocline and low to mid 70's below it. A 5 mm was fine. I brought a hooded vest, just in case, but never needed it. I used a GoPro hero 11 for video and a Canon G7X for stills. The hammers will come close if you stay still and control your breathing. They don't really like bubbles. I didn't use a rebreather.
Thanks. The video of the big stuff was filmed with a Gopro Hero 11. For videoing the smaller stuff and for stills, I use a Canon G7X in a Fantasea Line housing with wide and macro wet lenses.
Thanks. The shark with the damaged dorsal in the video is called "Rescue Shark". She had a rope wrapped around her head some years ago and some divers were able to remove it. Her mouth, however, is still partially open and she cannot fully close it. Laverne is still around as well. I haven't seen her in the past two months or so, but I've been away for a good portion of that time.
@@nyfrogmanNeat.. yes I just looked back at my footage from 2019. Yours is way more beat up than she was / is. Heading back in Dec for more play time with them finally. Glad L is still around. Amazing creatures
WOW, what a great video. The viz was not as good here as in some of your previous locations but the # and variety of fish was amazing. I loved the fish "tornado". And, the Hammerheads - one of my bucket list animals. Not to mention the manta rays and the whale shark. Thanks as always for sharing!
Wow! I'd definitely classify that as a success. Was that just off of Cabo San Lucas, or up north a ways? It looks like one of your best diving deals if you live in the lower 48
Watching over and over is such a pleasure! Which entry points are this please? Are some of these scenes from Chapel Reef at Apo Island? Are some from the Marine Sanctuary beach access, please? ...if you remember... I'd like to go!
Thank you. Some of the videos were from Apo Island. We did some shore diving with Liquid Dumaguete. I’m not sure of the entry points though, although they will know.
That first group of sharks certainly were hanging around. I thought I saw chum in the water and then later saw that they definitely were feeding them. What was that white tube hanging in the water next to them toward the end of that segment? Thanks as always for sharing.
That was very nice, thank you! What kind of sharks were they in the beginning? I recognized the mako, but the ones before were unfamiliar to me. Their interest in you seemed kind of unnerving.
