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Giant Pacific Octopus at Monastery Beach! | Bottom Time Mag EP - 02 | June 2024
GPOmg! On a deeper SCUBA dive into the canyon at Monastery Beach to sealebrate my 35th lap of the sunfish, sweet momma Ocean gifted me with my first Monterey Bay giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)!
Also featuring canary rockfish, rosy rockfish, crowned sea urchins, nudibranchs, giant kelp, comb jellies, egg-yolk jellyfishes, and other keywords!
All species from the dive here: rb.gy/xgv8b5
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UA-cam Chapters:
00:00 Squeaky Clean Introdocean
00:40 Dive One
01:00 Fishy Friends and Deeper Rockfishes
02:45 Echinodermatology
03:54 My Giant Pacific Octopus Creeper
06:09 Dive Two
06:39 Eggscitement
07:33 Comb Over Here And Check This Out
08:05 Return Of The King
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Pycno Patrol #1 | Midnight Diving In Monterey Bay
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It's been six years since Monterey Bay last had a *documented* sunflower starfish sighting, but recently, rumors have spread of a few Pycnopodia helianthoides bb's recruiting to Oregonian reefs and even here in my California backyard. So last week we went for a midnight dive at the Breakwater to see about finding us a Seasquatch.... Spoiler: None were found, but we did have a bioluminescent pla...
Breakwater You Up To?! | THE DIVE VLOG - EP 03 | Underwater Vlogging in Monterey Bay
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Ain't nothing better for the Kelp Kultists than a perfect viz SCUBA dive at good ol' Monterey Breakwater. The subtidal playing field just offshore of San Carlos Beach at the end of Cannery Row is the perhaps THE most-dove site in all of California-countless dive careers have been launched through the Coastguard Jetty's kelp forests and magical reefs. And though some may poopoo the Breakwater fo...
Swim Through a Kelp Forest in Monterey Bay | Coldwater Chill Relax Ocean | Ambient Sounds 4K 60FPS
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Swim with me through a Monterey Bay kelp forest for seven and a half minutes, filmed yesterday at Monastery Beach around 3PM. My other relaxocean video seems to have gotten equal parts horror and awe in the reactions so, may this video either soothe or spook :P Filmed with: Sony A1, Nauticam NA-A1 Housing Sony 16-35mm F4.0 power zoom lens @ F9.0 Ambient light, ISO 1600 4k 120fps down to 60fps f...
Monastery Beach Eggstravaganza! | THE DIVE VLOG - EP 02 | Monterey Bay Underwater Vlogging
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Whale hey there fronds and anemones! T'was an eggstraordinary dive that day last September at Monastery Beach-join ya buoy underwaterpat for a shellebrocean of a dive with egg yolk jellies in Monterey Bay! Monastery Beach has some of the best shore diving in all of California, thanks to a finger of the Carmel Canyon (an offshoot of the Monterey Submarine Canyon further offshore) that funnels oc...
A Channel Introdocean From Ya Buoy @underwaterpat
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Whale hey there fronds and anemones, it's ya buoy @underwaterpat. Be shore to like and sub-scribe to this here feed to dive into the Inner Space of Planet Ocean. Tanks for stopping by, and be seaing you around! Best sunfishes, Pat. More Pat: linktr.ee/underwaterpat Oh and here are some keywords, like vlogging underwater scuba diving monterey bay kelp forests A Channel Introdocean From Ya Buoy @...
Metridiummy Melibe Mine | THE DIVE VLOG - EP 01 | Underwater Vlogging in Monterey Bay
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Whale hey there fronds and anemones, it's ya buoy @underwaterpat! Good to sea you here. This here is the first episode of The Dive Vlog, a thorough overcomplication of my favorite thing in the world: Diving and underwater photographing in the kelp forests of Monterey Bay, California. Having just quit my job at the Monterey Bay Aquarium earlier in the year to pursue my underwater photography car...
a breakwater night | Night Dive In Monterey Bay
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Winter in Monterey Bay brings some of its best conditions-well, at least in terms of visibility! With 2021's nonstop mega-swells and the early evening darkness, the underwater photographer must jump at any window in the forecast to get their gills wet. Check out the cool critters I saw on a calm night dive between the storms at the Monterey Breakwater this weekend! Of Note: Red octopuses have b...
30 Minutes Of Cold Water Magic In A Monterey Bay Kelp Forest | Relax, Chill, Ocean Therapy
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This past weekend was as good as it gets in the kelp forests of Monterey Bay-ocean sunfish (Mola mola) patrolling the dropoffs, rockfish schools lazily hiding among the columns of the kelp cathedral, millions of pyrosomes washing up with the currents among the other jellies; and all of it bathed in the clear jade-blue waters of coastal California at its best. With everything going on in the wor...
Three Square Meters - A Monterey Bay SCUBA Critter Hunt | 7/26/2020
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Three Square Meters - A Monterey Bay SCUBA Critter Hunt | 7/26/2020
Monastery Beach With Phil! My Strobes Wouldn't Work! | The Surface Interval - Episode 3
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Monastery Beach With Phil! My Strobes Wouldn't Work! | The Surface Interval - Episode 3
Tasteful Nudibranchs! Macro Dive at the Breakwater | The Surface Interval - Episode 2
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Tasteful Nudibranchs! Macro Dive at the Breakwater | The Surface Interval - Episode 2
Hello Kelp Forest! Hello YouTube! | The Surface Interval - Episode 1
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Hello Kelp Forest! Hello UA-cam! | The Surface Interval - Episode 1
Sunrise In The Kelp Forest | Monastery Beach - 2/21/2020
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Sunrise In The Kelp Forest | Monastery Beach - 2/21/2020

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  • @arrowlina
    @arrowlina 7 днів тому

    MY INNER MONOLOGUE: (was it anyone else too!🫣) A sunfish! Wait. Do sunfish live in that type of area?…..where is this again? There was a seal so it’s probably cold. Man, it has such an interesting shape and I’m pretty sure it was flapping its fins like wings…but then again, maybe it’s a more common creature and I just can’t place it because it’s facing towards the camera and the depth perception is kinda skewed…Hmmmmm.. it might have helped if I put on my glasses.

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 4 дні тому

      Sunfish are my favorites, and between the five types-Mola mola "common", Mola tecta "hoodwinker", Mola alexandrini "bumphead", Masturus lanceloatus "sharptail" and Ranzania levis "slender" sunfishes-they are found all over the world from temperate to tropical waters. We have both Mola mola nd Mola tecta here in Monterey Bay, they come in every year as juveniles and adults to feed on jellies!

  • @BlackScubaBear
    @BlackScubaBear 14 днів тому

    blessings Pat. Hope you're doing well. Are you located in the Monterey Bay Area. I would love to connect with you .

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 10 днів тому

      Heya! I am in Monterey, hit me up on DM @underwaterpat on Instagram

  • @GoldenLight917
    @GoldenLight917 24 дні тому

    Hey Frond! 🌊🐚🐠 I've gotta say I Love this. I use it to force naps upon myself lol And even study. Thank you for the cold water magic!!! Listening to your rhythmic scuba breathing is so steadying and calming as swell.

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 14 днів тому

      Right on thanks for watching!

    • @arrowlina
      @arrowlina 7 днів тому

      “Force naps on yourself is sooo funny” I use it to meditate! First, I wind down by staring at the swaying kelp and colors and light peeking through..then I close my eyes and zone out to the scuba bubbles and breath sound! This is a treat!

  • @AVSSharky
    @AVSSharky 28 днів тому

    The right side is has more kelp but the left side the drop off is more abrupt and comes up quickly,my dive buddy and I hit 110’ very quickly and found the shelf as a staircase of rocks climbing up to around 80’ ,anemones are huge and fish are very big because the water is deeper and more open. Anywhere out there is a great dive, just read the water and weather before diving 👍

  • @linek1234
    @linek1234 Місяць тому

    awesome critters! waiting for full video 🤙

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 29 днів тому

      thanks! should be able to get it in the next couple weeks

  • @jamelowens8318
    @jamelowens8318 Місяць тому

    what was your rig setup

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 29 днів тому

      For the camera: Sony a1 with the nautical wwlb lens, a Sola 15k video light and two Backscatter hybrid flashes

  • @datwinzzz6043
    @datwinzzz6043 Місяць тому

    Melibe's are my favorite!!

  • @sips3812
    @sips3812 Місяць тому

    this is so nice! better than subnautica. I wish you well, underwaterpat!!!

  • @PetraSilieWalks
    @PetraSilieWalks Місяць тому

    I guess I will kelp coming back to this relaxing video

  • @bahuelga
    @bahuelga Місяць тому

    So freakin awesome, Pat! How do you decide what and what not to add as iNat observations? I assume just anything uncommon/rare that you come across?

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat Місяць тому

      Thanks B! The goal for me would eventually be to upload *all* the sightings from a dive, because we need that background “baseline” info just as much as the outlier stuff. I often have my exciting ones up first because that feels so gamified but I’m trying to get better at taking the time to upload all the stuff i can recognize or that could realistically be recognized later… You never know what’ll be the important to someone else!

  • @nicholasbrown1748
    @nicholasbrown1748 Місяць тому

    SICK

  • @datwinzzz6043
    @datwinzzz6043 Місяць тому

    So friggin cool dude!!

  • @SoupCatJJ
    @SoupCatJJ Місяць тому

    Wonderful and beautiful, how exciting to see a lovely large octomang <3

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat Місяць тому

      An inkredible moment indeed 🐙❤️❤️❤️

  • @linek1234
    @linek1234 Місяць тому

    judging by the size of the eye of this octopus vs rest of its body it must have been a humongous one 😮 was it also that cold last time you saw one?

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat Місяць тому

      It was huge!! From the narcosis/excitement it was hard to gauge exactly how big but it reminded me of some of the bigger ones at the Aquarium, which were like 60lbs and over 12 feet across, but hard to know… Yes off Big Sur the water was like 47-48 that year with the upwelling, rough in my old wetsuit ahah

  • @sageono3882
    @sageono3882 Місяць тому

    Have you ever tried licking the egg yolk?

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat Місяць тому

      Once you start you can’t stop, it ain’t over easy

  • @underwaterpat
    @underwaterpat Місяць тому

    GPOmg what a dive-thanks for watching fronds! Here's a link to all the species I tagged on iNaturalist from this dive: rb.gy/xgv8b5

  • @chrismiles
    @chrismiles 2 місяці тому

    Very cool! Didn’t know we had lions mane nudis out there! Will look for them next time.

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 2 місяці тому

      Right on! Yes people have still been seeing them recently on the Metridium Field pipe, same as back when I filmed this.

  • @FintasticBeasts
    @FintasticBeasts 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for another great video - love your channel! It helps me to deal with the surface interval 😅. Really enjoy your insights into marine biology and photography. Keep going!

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 2 місяці тому

      Hey right on thanks so much for watching!!

  • @lenglengleo
    @lenglengleo 3 місяці тому

    16:33 개복치 타임

  • @bahuelga
    @bahuelga 3 місяці тому

    But when is Kendrick dropping a Strongylocentrotus purpuratus diss track? 🔥

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

      why you strolling with the fish ain't you tired grazing like you're bored watch for that sea otterrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @SoupCatJJ
    @SoupCatJJ 3 місяці тому

    This torrential downpour of content is WASHING me out to sea!

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

      Oh we're about to make some waves, the tide is coming!

  • @user-cg6yy1kh8i
    @user-cg6yy1kh8i 3 місяці тому

    ちょうど大きな海藻の中を泳いでる動画を見たくなったところだったから助かる

  • @underwaterpat
    @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for squatchin’!

  • @erwahl_
    @erwahl_ 3 місяці тому

    Umbrella crab supremacy 👏👏

  • @frankodubbs99
    @frankodubbs99 3 місяці тому

    Good stuff brotha!

  • @alyssiahaskins6436
    @alyssiahaskins6436 3 місяці тому

    Another great dive! The boys loved all the animals! The jellies were awesome!😍

  • @tristian5478
    @tristian5478 3 місяці тому

    Haven't been to breakwater in quite some time and this just convinced me to go on a peaceful dive there again! Rip C.R.A.

  • @darkmoon3d
    @darkmoon3d 3 місяці тому

    Awesome tour. Why are you not taking dive flag or buoy?

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

      Heya! As I understand it, we don't need dive flags or buoys at this site because power boats avoid this area due to a mix of regulations and community practice because it's such a heavily dove site, especially right there along the breakwall. There are some spots you can swim to from the wall that end up in the boat lanes (like the barge or Metridium fields) but if you're swimming that far, you're also definitely trying to get back closer to shore before surfacing, and you would shoot an SMB if you needed to. It isn't as big a deal here as it is in Hawaii or Florida for example, there's not as much traffic where the dives and boats intersect, and if you are diving out that far you're probably on a dive boat anyway.

  • @SoupCatJJ
    @SoupCatJJ 3 місяці тому

    fresh underwaterpat content is a tonic to the soul ❤‍🔥

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

      awww thanks so much for coming back in for the brain massage

  • @linek1234
    @linek1234 3 місяці тому

    thanks for taking us along! awesome adventure, keep it up!

  • @underwaterpat
    @underwaterpat 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for watching everyone! Hope the mic wasn't too too hot for y'all. I'll be skipping forward to film and record some fresher vids here-any questions you have for me you want answered? Lemme know and I'll get to them next ep! Thanks again for the support everyone, best fishes, Pat.

  • @angelapalermo9157
    @angelapalermo9157 4 місяці тому

    This is fun and relaxing to watch. Thank you for sharing this experience. :) I watched before sleep, hopefully I will dream it.

  • @Yomomsscknondischet
    @Yomomsscknondischet 6 місяців тому

    Set this up in my den with 72in screen climb up the couch and light up a cigar

  • @Vova94318
    @Vova94318 9 місяців тому

    What a Рнаптаstic video, thanks

  • @tomtahk7777
    @tomtahk7777 9 місяців тому

    It feels like time has stopped. nice~!!!

  • @user-rc6sc2vj6z
    @user-rc6sc2vj6z 9 місяців тому

    🎉🎉

  • @sonjatheierl1
    @sonjatheierl1 9 місяців тому

    Im in spokane and used to live in chemaquita park santa cruz mountains this makes me miss carmel bad!

  • @allisonmiller2684
    @allisonmiller2684 9 місяців тому

    Looks like subnautica!

  • @BrentDurand
    @BrentDurand 9 місяців тому

    Nice! Using Digital IS?

  • @anthonyrenaud5783
    @anthonyrenaud5783 9 місяців тому

    That's beautiful and spooky. I see Bruce the shark appearing out of nowhere in this video.

  • @johnmiskin4905
    @johnmiskin4905 9 місяців тому

    Great job, super interesting and very engaging. You must burn a lot of air with all the dialogue! Like you when filming I generally dive alone but at very conservative depths. I live in Denmark but originally from the UK and ex BBC filming. So cold water diving in the winter here but very nice in the summer months.

    • @underwaterpat
      @underwaterpat 9 місяців тому

      Thanks so much for watching! Yes, with the full face mask and narration i go through air two to three times as quickly!

  • @gabrielefusco2181
    @gabrielefusco2181 10 місяців тому

    Here before it becomes viral

  • @SoupCatJJ
    @SoupCatJJ 10 місяців тому

    that is some phenomenal vis! great stuff as always Pat <3

  • @bahuelga
    @bahuelga 10 місяців тому

    One of the best days of the year so far! That 4k 120 is 🤌🏼 mwah

  • @PacificCoastHunterz
    @PacificCoastHunterz 10 місяців тому

    Gorgeous dive location. Thanks for the video

  • @PetersPlaceToBe
    @PetersPlaceToBe 10 місяців тому

    Great, you’re doing a good job!! 🤍