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@@jonnathanb118 Seriously ? Not all pollutants are solids for a start , and secondly, the authorities don't test water quality and then downgrade it's good quality on the assumption that the pollutants probably just moved further down the beach..
@@jonnathanb118 I mean you're kind of right especially with Florida having the Gulf Stream but most Floridians try to keep the waters clean. We love our beaches, wildlife and waters.
When looking for a beachfront hotel, I NEVER book one anywhere near a fishing pier for this very reason. Those piers are underwater feeding troughs for everything within a several mile radius.
This is incredible. Coming from someone in the UK, it is amazing to see something that isn't a perch, bass, trout, puddle of oil, shopping cart, old boot.... what amazing wildlife. Still a massive nope fest from me. Ill just admire from afar 😂😅
Marine life is incredible in all senses. Anyone with a thick wallet and decent intelligence, I recommend investing in a reef aquarium. Endless joys will await you in that hobby. I’ve dedicated my life to it personally.
I am a scuba diver and I also use a GoPro underwater man and I highly recommend getting an underwater case for your camera. The quality of your footage will improve 1000x because if the water is in direct contact with the lens quality drops significantly and it loses focus slightly. The case provides an air pocket between the water and the lens which does the job. I was just diving and the footage was as clear as on the surface with the case. Although as a content creator myself I can see why you wouldn't do it because the blur & worse quality adds a more ominous effect
'Okaloosa Island' is an area on 'Santa Rosa Island', Florida. An 875-acre parcel of Santa Rosa Island with 3 miles of Gulf frontage. ~ Amazing video - Thank You again! Great videos. I served in the US Army as an Officer and for a few years I flew helicopters in to various bases around Florida. Visited here a few times. Brings back memories! Well Done - Be Safe out there folks. ~ Peace & Health to Us All.
Santa Rosa Island is nearly 70 miles long and less than a mile wide. It runs west to east from Ft. Pickens/Pensacola Beach, Navarre Beach, “Okaloosa Island,” Destin with Gulf Islands National Seashore areas as well.
@@GregSB1 Yes and the video is about 'Okaloosa Island Pier'. I used to fly in to Pensacola NAS and run around all over the area: Pen, Pen Beach, Destin, Ft. Walton. Amazing place, beautiful. ~ Peace & Health
I’m not sure if you know, but on the chance that you don’t, there’s actually a number of piers who do! It’s been a while since I’ve watched so I don’t know which ones, but if you search on youtube you should find them! ❤
@@BotsWeekendCovers no problem! I just did a quick search myself to double check and “underwater peir cam” only pulled up a few for me. adding the word “live” or “livestream” pulls up a way more 👍
One of the best days I've ever had at these beaches was the day my husband and I swam and filmed swimming through thick schools of bait fish. In hindsight, probably not the best idea. I had no idea there were so many tiger sharks. Tiger sharks will eat anything and everything so I have no doubt, that bump, was exploratory to see if it was food! Just found your channel a couple of days ago. Love the Go Pro drops.
I have swam under the pier in Panama City Beach and kicked a shark by accident one time. It was chasing bait fish and I was scared! Now I am really thankful that I made it out alive.
I remember I used to go out deep into the ocean when I was younger to where I was floating a little with my feet off the ground. I had no idea sharks were even by me. I was so foolish. SMH. God really saved me. Whew.
given how abundant the buffet is at that table I'm sure the sharks don't need to go looking anywhere else for their food....those people are probably very safe. The fact the area has had zero fatal shark attacks, and only 3 or 4 attacks in general in its history probably proves that point :)
There was a study here just recently surveying great white sharks off the coast of California. They found that swimmers and surfers at California beaches were sharing the water with 6 - 10 foot great whites about 90% of the time, mostly without the swimmers/surfers ever knowing. The researchers observed the sharks occasionally following humans a little ways, but they didn't see aggressive or predatory behavior. It turns out that for the most part, sharks are mildly curious about us, and they'll come over to see what we're doing, but it's exceptionally rare for them to take much interest in us beyond that, and we really don't resemble food to them.
@@inefektalso makes a really good point here. If we aren't depleting their food sources, sharks and humans can generally share space without having dangerous interactions. Some of the best fishermen I've known throughout my life have also been the staunchest conservationists I've ever met. If the ocean feeds you, take care of it, and that'll make it a lot less likely to eat you, too.
I used to swim in the ocean a lot and would go out pretty far. The day a shark swam into me was the last day. Haven't been in the ocean since, lol. No idea what it was, however, it was a good 7-9 feet. Longer than I am tall and I am 6'4". I would swim under the pier too.... Just not worth the risk for me now that I have kids. Sharks are incredible creatures though. I would like to go scuba diving sometime. If I am down there myself and able to see I will be good. Now knowing is another thing though. Have no clue until it's right there.
@@Bastikovski99 I am assuming you are asking where I was when had my fun time with the shark. Popham Beach in Maine, There is an awesome Fort there as well. Apparently Great Whites have been spotted there since I stopped swimming, lmao. Definitely not going back. Not surprised though considering you would see Dolphins occasionally. Whatever it was it was not a White... I have no clue. There are quite a few species that come by here in Maine. Spend enough time in the water it's gonna happen. I also had several close encounters while swimming North Carolina beaches, Mostly near Morehead. While I was active duty at Cherry Point MCAS we went swimming every weekend. Kind of miss it, but only a little.
@@Bastikovski99 I think we have around 8 species here. Yeah too cold for a Tiger shark, however, I guess the Sand Tiger does come up this way. I was more worried about Tigers and Bullsharks while swimming in North Carolina/Florida. Now that I know Great whites love it up here I am quite hesitant... Not likely of course but those things can be absolute units and I am all set. Cheers
@@Shattered_Instance I think I’d worry the most about Bull Sharks. I know they say Great Whites kill the most, but Bull Sharks are probably the most aggressive. Plus, a Great White will bite you in half, but a Bull Shark will take a bunch of little bites. I used to live on Long Island before I moved upstate. I went fishing with my father and some of his coworkers one summer on a Montauk charter. We were supposed to go for Tuna, but the boat had some issue, so we ended up going on a shark boat instead. Long story short, we caught a 12’ Thresher Shark. Half of that length almost is tail. 318 lbs. We just missed the Monster Tournament. It would have won the exotic species category and we could have won a bunch of money. But either way, it tasted really good.
Amazing to see such vibrant, abundant sea life under that pier. Some of those shots are really fantastic. I suspect those sharks kept coming in toward the camera because they could sense its electromagnetic field. Never would've guessed there were so many down there, much less tigers. Bulls, yes. But tigers? Awesome to see. Thanks for sharing this.
Seeing how many chunky tiger sharks live there it means the ecosystem on that peer is booming. Beautiful to see 😍 people usually complain when theres a lot of sharks somewhere but they fail to understand that it means the ecosystem is very healthy which isn’t as common as it used to be. I hope we keep it that way
Beautiful natural footage of the ocean and it's inhabitants. I grew up around the ocean and it is an amazing adventure every day you get to see new things
Back in the 80's I spent many years night surfing below the Okaloosa Island pier. The lights from the pier lit up the ocean and incoming sets. One night I had a 6 foot hammerhead swim past my leg and I decided it was best to end that night of surfing.
Its been 2 years since we fished off that pier and it was crazy that day with sharks everywhere. Now I know why we kept losing bait...the massive small fish eating it. Great video
I could watch these GoPro pier drop videos all day... grew up fishing in PA, the species here aren't nearly as exciting as what can be found in FL. Great shots of the tiger sharks, too, gorgeous creatures. Thanks for another great video!
Their skin isn’t reflective scales like most fish. The denticles that make up their skin create a non reflective, sandpaper-like “finish” to their skin. Good camouflage. Built for stealth.
Those Tiger sharks are a bit more than I’d want to deal with. I’m not sure how aggressive they are but they look big enough to take a chunk out of you.
Theyre actually NOT that aggressive. Millions of them swim past millions of people at beaches every year and dont do anything. Occasionally one will kill someone. Youre more likely to get killed by a dog than get killed by a tiger shark. The most aggressive shark - by far - is the bull shark. It will attack pretty much anything on sight and keep going. One killed 3 people on the same day back in 1916. But they generally inhabit estuaries and attacks by bull sharks are relatively rare because people who live around estuaries where you find bull sharks know not to go in the water.
For your next video, bring a big screen TV with you and set up on the beach after getting this footage so everyone who is entering the water can see what's IN the water first 😂
It’s crazy to think how close we have been to sharks this size just off from the beach, without even knowing. We go to OKI every summer whilst in Destin, the gulf is such a beautiful place.
Awesome video. Those are perfect shark conditions. Murky water, almost no visibility. With Tigers around it’s so cool but dangerous at the same time lol.
@@sarahthebeach Yeah using a gopro with no case creates that effect. I was scuba diving recently in the Red Sea with 100ft visibility and had footage from gopro with and without an underwater case. The footage without the underwater case made it seem like there was very little visibility and had a similar out-of-focus effect. With the case on the other hand it was exactly like I saw things through my goggles with great clarity.
Wow, this is amazing to watch. I love sharks because they are so magestic and beautiful. I have a pier 5 minutes from my house and this makes me want to go buy a gopro amd do this but I dont think our water would be clear enough. Thanks for sharing. This was pretty cool.
Absolutely beautiful. Second night in a row Ive watched one of your videos. Gorgeous marine life and awesome videos. Lifetime SUB for sure. Cheers from Langley BC
@@mustluvkatina the last world record Tiger shark was caught in Australia in 2004. In 1964, the world record was caught off of the Cherry Grove Pier in SC. I have actually fished off of that pier.
@@jfloyo11 Hammerheads have no interest whatsoever in humans. They may be large sharks, but they’re probably the safest large shark that isn’t a filter feeder like a basking or whale shark to be in the water with. Compared to the others there have only ever been 16 recorded attacks by them in history. Compared to the close to the 300 something great white attacks, and the 200 something bull and 200 something tiger shark attacks over just the last year.
Dude !!! that's awesome! I knew almost always "some small fish" were atracted ro the pier's pilings , but this is amazing!!! Love this video . Thanks for showing us what lurks below the surface in that pier .
Great footage. We used to swim quite far past the piers along Mornington peninsula. One day we were about 600 metres off shore well past the pier, no-one else on the beach nor in the water (which was about four times our height in depth)... and the Shark Alarm went off. We have never swum so fast or hard in our lives (me, Dad and brother). I was shitting bricks the whole swim. None of us have ever been in water that far offshore nor that deep again. We found out later the lifeguards were all off duty as the beach was deserted but it just happened that one guy had stayed overnight in the crews lockers after a drinking sessiom the night before and happened to be there and sounded the alarm due to a sighting about fifty metres away from where we were (opposite side of the pier).
That's a wild story. I can't imagine the fear during that swim. When I was 13 my family went to San Francisco and swam in the ocean. Nobody else was going in the water, but we figured they were just lame. We saw several fins cresting the waves all around us and thought they were dolphins. On our way back to the car, we saw a sign that said not to swim due to recent shark sightings and that attacks had occurred in shallow water recently
@@jeepersmcgee3466 similar scenario then! Whats sometimes scarier is the memory of being out there and helpless and no knowing whats under you. It went from carefree to dark so quickly!
@@EarlyMist yup that's exactly the source of my thalassophobia. You don't know what's lurking just beyond your small field of view, and you're helpless against anything that decides you're food
@@jeepersmcgee3466 like a lot of people like yourself I have Thalassaphobia. And like yours its pretty clear where mine stems from. Its interesting that my dear departed Nanna had SEVERE Thalassaphobia, and she had never once stepped a single stride into the ocean past her ankles. I think the condition could come from a fear brought on by an intense physical experience, like ours, or a complete lack of experience, like my Nannas. She was afraid of the unkown and thus never stepped into it. I was relatively unaware and unafraid of the unkown, and became VERY aware of it and VERY afraid...but only AFTER stepping into the unkown and learning a healthy dose reality while in it, developing a very real fear and phobia in the process.
@@EarlyMist In Queensland, Australia, there are a lot of man made canals that open out into the sea. And if there isn't a netted enclosure to keep the sharks out, NO ONE would even put their feet in the water ankle deep in the canal. BIG Sharks have OFTEN surged right into a foot of water, or shallower, and snatched dogs and occasionally people. I was about 200 meters down the beach from a girl who stepped into water not even knee deep on her, to grab the bow of a boat, and she was INSTANTLY snatched off her feet and torn in half right there beside the boat, by half a dozen sharks. They recovered half of her body, and WHILE they were doing it, two REALLY big sharks were fighting over some part of her and spraying the people with foam.
Excellent video Brant. I was out here a few weeks ago during that week-long storm. Very few were catching fish off the pier, lots of rain... so it is great to see this time it was busy. Wow, people don't realize how many sharks are near the water. Right where you recorded this, they had about 4 guys surfing there when I was there. We saw a few beautiful sea turtles there too.
For those of you curious, the tiger shark is one of the top three most dangerous sharks. Only the great white kills more people than the tiger. Bull sharks are also dangerous
By in my younger years I was a lifeguard just a few thousand yards from this pier. Thank you for the footage of this beautiful paradise and for confirming what I suspected - f'ing sharks everywhere!
1030 Miracle Strip PKWY SE Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 The Island Pier, formerly known as the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier is located just steps away from the stunning sugar-white beaches and the vibrant green waters of the Emerald Coast. Stretching out 1,262 feet into the Gulf of Mexico, The Island Pier provides breath taking views of magnificent sunrises and sunsets. Be sure to have your cameras at the ready to capture spectacular images of a variety of marine life including dolphins, sea turtles, herons, and pelicans that inhabit the sea and sky around the Pier. And, of course, don't forget the excitement of watching The Island Anglers reel in their catch - from Black Fin Tuna to the Mighty King Mackerel.
Sharks are always near the piers .. always.. they know that easy meals are around the pier.. whether when a fisherman is reeling in a fish, or tossing guts into the water from cleaning fish, to throwing fish back… they KNOW it’s an easy meal opportunity. My local piers have sinks on them and the water drains into the ocean and slaps the top of the water… it is not uncommon to see 10-20 sharks right around that area.. so many people clean their fish in these spots.. they’re ready!!
Funny you say that same here around destin and that drain soon as stuff hits water, from bait fish to sharks ready to clean up once we were out on the pier and the bite was on but sharks were heavy also buddy decided to bring about 7 ft sand bar and cleaned it right there soon as that body of that shark hit water the sharks tore into it ! Frenzy on top
Brant, I always look forward to your great videos, both the Go-Pro ones and the fishing ones. I grew up in PNS and now live in NYC (ugh!). Watching you live the dream life on the Emerald Coast is so much fun. Thanks for bringing joy to someone stuck in hell. 😂
Went here on my honeymoon and sprinkled some of my dads ashes here because I know he would have been so entertained by all the fun fisherman stories and laughs ❤ we visit as much as we can. I’ve seen sea turtles, sharks, dolphins, tarpon, and sting rays. All for $2 for the whole day. Beautiful water and entertainment! ❤
LOVE the GoPro videos, Brant!!! Thanks so much...and what a huge variety!!! WOW!! There is one thing however, had BigFoot snorkelled by, then I would have deemed it 100% total delight! HA!!! ❤❤❤
Great video. I was expecting bull sharks around the pier in that part of Florida, not Tigers. Wow. Now I feel better about my decision to give up surfing.
Just make sure the banded rudderfish is 14”-22” long they have a slot limit. But they’re very good on the grill. I’ve caught them at that pier early in the morning. The bigger ones tend to run in around first light. Usually a small blue runner works really well. Also you might get into the northern mackerel at that time as well. Good eating as well.
I live in NYC and the rudders would sometimes show up during the fall snapper run -- incredible fighters would bust my 6lb test but got some up and the fillets were some of the best fish I've ever eaten
That was fantastic! I can’t believe I just saw it! Get that sniff/snort out of there at around 3-4 minutes. Thanks for entertaining a 63 year old disabled fisherman! Vince
I'm in Florida right now on vacation and I'm absolutely LOVING it, even though I'm fishing the Myakka and its canals and not getting much just seeing all the diversity in even the tributaries and such is a dream for me. Hope you could actually cover the Myakka in the future so I can get more knowledge on how to fish it but I have no clue the distance between where you are and North Port where I'm staying.
The Mayaka is hard to fish!!! Lol El Jobean is a good spot to start where it starts to flow into Charlotte harbor ... allot of water and hard to fish unless you spend the time
Always love your videos but really enjoy the GoPro drops. You made it cooler than everyone else. I don't know of anyone that knows the fishing world of salt water than you brother. I haven't got to talk to you for a while but would Love to hear from you. Hope everything is going well and happy for you guys with beach bum out doors. If you can find 5 or 10 minutes holler at me i have a couple questions about a couple different things. Just don't want to ask you on here it's business related. Any who hope the Mrs is well and hope you get to see this. Take care and love from the ole hillbilly Kenny, peace!
WOW! The Sharks that size was amazing! Think you said they were Tiger Sharks! Did I see a Sand Shark? The marine life was the best you have go-pro to this point! Hope you a do more of these type videos! At least I know why having great catches is difficult!
Definitely think that area is “Fishin Only” for me and I grew up with bull sharks down south. Tigers are super unpredictable, they are really fast to boot. Great video though, that’s got to be good fishing there. Have to go up there and try the area sometime and visit the new store.
Crazy footage. I watch a lot of nature documenataries and I always see ocean biologists going further out into the ocean to study tiger sharks. Could have saved them time and money coming to this pier
@@nofurtherwest3474o after doing some research I feel smarter than I ever have I was looking at videos that popped up when I searched the title of this video looking on google maps with found out after like 10 minutes you can search inside image bottoms left corner clicked on a couple of the buildings and it said this Navarre Beach fishing Pier in Navarre, Florida went out way out of my way so I sure hope you go there and catch some monsters or get cool shots for a video that hopefully I get tagged in
Really cool video! Shows how sharks honestly prefer not to mess with us if they don’t have to. All those fish by the pier are far more appealing to them. Even with them being tiger sharks one of the more deadly and aggressive species people are likely to run into. Though really any shark over 6ft can potentially be dangerous to us. Still. Not a reason to avoid the ocean, be respectful and cautious around them, don’t act like panicked injured prey and they will likely leave you alone.
Your brain dead. sharks have killed and eaten humans many times. I don’t get people that say the typical “Sharks don’t care about you they are friendly”. Ok, then go swim in shark infested waters.
So cool to see. I was snorkeling just 30 yards off a beach in the turks one time and there was a massive reef shark hanging out behind me while everyone else was turned the other way looking at it so intensely. Turned around real quick wondering what people were looking at. Came right up to us, just curious I think. 😅
Do you have any IDEA how many times I have jumped off of piers, inlets in Boynton, Sebastian, Hillsboro, Lauderdale, Key West? I am AMAZED that I am still alive, and have all my limbs!! Chilly