Calvin Wen
Calvin Wen
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First person view scooter dive to the metridium mountain and aquarium intake pipe, Monterey, CA
Переглядів 21014 днів тому
DPV, kelp forest, Monterey bay aquarium, McAbee beach
Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California
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Granite point wall, east whalers' cove, middle reef, hydro coral
Scuba Dive the Municipal Wharf 2 and the Amtrack / Sailboat Wreck off Del Monte Beach, Monterey, CA
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Plumose anemone, electric ray, sea lion, nudibranch, sea hare, sand dollar, krill, field of dead fish
Scuba dive the metridium field of Breakwater Cove, Monterey, CA
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White plume anemone, sea lion, kelp forest, sea star
Scuba Dive the Monterey Bay Aquarium Intake Pipe, California
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These intake pipes supply fresh ocean water to the kelp tanks inside the Monterey Bay Aquarium. More information can be found here: cadivingnews.com/dive-spots/taking-it-in-diving-near-monterey-bay-aquariums-intake-pipes/ Kelp forest, swimming nudibranch, tube worm tree, white plumose anemone, mushroom anchor.
Scuba dive the Rock Garden of Point Lobos, Monterey, California
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Kelp forest, pinnacle, rock structure, rock fish, strawberry anemone, by-the-wind sailor
Grand circuit dive to barge wreck, metridium field, middle reef and breakwater wall, Monterey, CA
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Scuba diving, DPV, diver propulsion vehicle, scooter, kelp forest, sea hare, anemone, sea cucumber
My 200th dive! McAbee beach, Monterey, California
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Kelp, sea lion, seal, mushroom anchor, nudibranch, tube worm, anemoe
Night dive with harbor seal, Monterey, California
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Scuba, twilight dive, night dive, kelp forest, harbor seal hunting, abalone, nudibranch, anemone, crab, sea lion,
Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Casino Point, Catalina Island, California
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Schools of fish, lobster, garibaldi, sheep head, boat wreck, swim platform wreck, gorgonian coral, moray eel
Kelp Forest Scuba Dive at Point Lobos, California
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Tubesnout, kelp isopod
Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of McAbee Pinnacle, Monterey, California
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Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of McAbee Pinnacle, Monterey, California
Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Breakwater Cove, Monterey, California
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Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Breakwater Cove, Monterey, California
Scuba Dive Carmel River State Beach
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Scuba Dive Carmel River State Beach
Scuba Dive with Sea Lions at Breakwater Cove, Monterey, California
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Scuba Dive with Sea Lions at Breakwater Cove, Monterey, California
Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Channel Islands National Park
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Scuba Dive the Kelp Forest of Channel Islands National Park
Kelp Forest Scuba Diving at North Monastery, Monterey, California
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Kelp Forest Scuba Diving at North Monastery, Monterey, California
Scuba Dive the Kept Forest of Hopkins Reef and McAbee Beach, Monterey, California
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Scuba Dive the Kept Forest of Hopkins Reef and McAbee Beach, Monterey, California
Honolua Bay Coral Reef Scuba Dive, Maui, Hawaii
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Honolua Bay Coral Reef Scuba Dive, Maui, Hawaii
Scuba diving at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
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Scuba diving at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Scuba Dive Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii
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Scuba Dive Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii
Kelp forest scuba dive at McAbee Pinnacle
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Kelp forest scuba dive at McAbee Pinnacle
Scuba dive the kelp forest of Casino Point dive park, Catalina Island
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Scuba dive the kelp forest of Casino Point dive park, Catalina Island
Scuba diving with giant sea bass in the kelp forest of Catalina island
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Scuba diving with giant sea bass in the kelp forest of Catalina island

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @zaknyberg
    @zaknyberg 10 годин тому

    Love your videos man!

  • @AndreiAstrakharchik
    @AndreiAstrakharchik 12 днів тому

    Awesome viz!

  • @amymiller9718
    @amymiller9718 15 днів тому

    Keep em coming Calvin. Love going underwater with you.

  • @ColeAbel
    @ColeAbel 21 день тому

    awesome!

  • @zaknyberg
    @zaknyberg 24 дні тому

    What camera do you use for diving?

  • @PacificCoastHunterz
    @PacificCoastHunterz 25 днів тому

    The kelp looks pretty healthy there.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 25 днів тому

      Pt Lobos is half kelp half urchin barren.

  • @milascatadventures1011
    @milascatadventures1011 25 днів тому

    Amazing video! Great clarity and I love how the sunlight comes through. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @marleneray1044
    @marleneray1044 Місяць тому

    This is wonderful footage and editing. Maybe i was a mermaid in a former life. : )

  • @zanerose1394
    @zanerose1394 Місяць тому

    I see my Sheephead bro right at the beginning! Great video!

  • @marcb6896
    @marcb6896 Місяць тому

    Thank you for this amazing footage. I am a California diver and have been landlocked in Utah for far too long. The video on this is wonderful. I have to get back there. I gotta say I wasn't a fan of the still shots - it took me out of the experience. I also felt a little claustrophobic because I couldn't hear the regulator or bubbles - LOL - I know I am weird. I was also hoping for softer or no music. Just my preferences - I know most people like the music, I just like to get as close to the real thing as possible since I am landlocked. Grateful you posted this, it helped me start my day off right. Love seeing God's creations through your lens. Thank you Thank you.

  • @corgigirl4959
    @corgigirl4959 Місяць тому

    God has the most beautiful creations! Hallelujah

  • @user-tx6lv3tj5c
    @user-tx6lv3tj5c Місяць тому

    What’s the best way to dive Carmel River State Beach in relation to the wash rock? I really want to go check it out this weekend.

  • @user-tx6lv3tj5c
    @user-tx6lv3tj5c Місяць тому

    The most beautiful sites I have seen. How do you dive the site in relation to the wash rock? What’s max depth thank you in advance for any guidance

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 Місяць тому

      I drop somewhere around here: 36.537428494954966, -121.93171188831742. And keep a W to SW heading in order to stay away from the very surgy shallow area. It goes pretty deep. I turn around once it’s past 60ft depth. This site has sketchy conditions so I would only try it when it’s very calm. Also a lot of the kelp is gone and it’s urchin everywhere.

  • @acetophenone820
    @acetophenone820 Місяць тому

    Very nice, Mr. C

  • @daleglasbrenner3321
    @daleglasbrenner3321 Місяць тому

    Thank You, great work, video and music... how come only one fish ?

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 Місяць тому

      I was wondering about that too. Usually there’s lot’s of fish but I didn’t see many yesterday.

  • @user-fz3il2mz1f
    @user-fz3il2mz1f Місяць тому

    Thank you, Calvin. the Pt Lobs docent who do not dive appreciate your informing them with the filming you have shared with us

  • @rjourney8246
    @rjourney8246 Місяць тому

    Mesmerizing.

  • @user-tx6lv3tj5c
    @user-tx6lv3tj5c Місяць тому

    Amazing video with amazing conditions that only someone who frequents North monastery can appreciate. Thank you very much for the video, safe diving.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 Місяць тому

      Thank you and safe diving to you too!

  • @bradsillasen1972
    @bradsillasen1972 Місяць тому

    Looks like fun. Were those some Brown Rockfish? I don't recall seeing any in a Monterey video.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 Місяць тому

      Yes Brown rockfish. They seem uncommon but I saw several today.

  • @andrewnorgrove6487
    @andrewnorgrove6487 2 місяці тому

    We have lost over 95 % of our Forests in Australia with our hope standing on the shoulders of a small planting in Tasmania

  • @kathyrehfuss6422
    @kathyrehfuss6422 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing the beauty down there. Brings back many great memories. Glad to see the kelp forests and habitat are surviving

  • @drdcon1152
    @drdcon1152 2 місяці тому

    Also a lot of "Calico" Kelp Bass in there. What is the fish that crosses in front of the big Sheephead at 7:35? Blacksmith maybe?

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 2 місяці тому

      Yes a blacksmith. Lots of them near channel islands.

  • @masteroctopusesanimations153
    @masteroctopusesanimations153 2 місяці тому

    Subnatica

  • @baldwinleatherworks
    @baldwinleatherworks 2 місяці тому

    I never seen sea urchins in Monterey Bay before, but i’ve I haven’t been able to type because my back surgeries for the last four years. I’ve seen them invading kelp forest in the channel Islands but, never this far north before. When I lived up north, we would see the occasional urchin in Puget Sound, and we snag them up and feed them to the wolf eels. The two things we saved the kelp and we helped out the wolf eels. When did the urchins start showing up in numbers like this in Monterey (just curious)?

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 2 місяці тому

      I read that the purple urchin problem started in 2014. Northern california kelp was decimated and Monterey also has extensive urchin barrens.

    • @baldwinleatherworks
      @baldwinleatherworks 2 місяці тому

      @@calvinwen9320 thank you for the info. We started seeing them in Puget Sound around 1994, when I lived up there. whenever we found them we would take them, cut them open and feed them to the wolf eels who absolutely love urchins, especially when it’s hand fed to them. Those Wolf eels will be your best friend when start feeding them. 🤫

  • @baldwinleatherworks
    @baldwinleatherworks 2 місяці тому

    Congratulations! Awe, the start of the video with my favorite sea creatures in the world, sea-lions! That was one of my favorite sites too. Thank you.

  • @samuelsmith4301
    @samuelsmith4301 3 місяці тому

    Congratulations!

  • @ChrisD624
    @ChrisD624 3 місяці тому

    I went on a night dive this past Saturday at breakwater and the visibility was great. Yesterday not so much.

  • @zzxx3032
    @zzxx3032 3 місяці тому

    Hello, are you interested in testing orcatorch dive lights? Can you send me your gmail?

  • @doremefasolateeda
    @doremefasolateeda 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for showing me this..

  • @bradsillasen1972
    @bradsillasen1972 4 місяці тому

    Lovely work. Great close-ups! I assume that's an atypical blue Kelp Greenling @2:00? Spectacular fish!

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 4 місяці тому

      I think you are right! This color seems rare.

  • @linek1234
    @linek1234 4 місяці тому

    Wow, what a visibility!

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 4 місяці тому

    Too many Sea Urchins, the Kelp will have a hard time with the Urchins continually eating their holdfasts. There are Sea Stars that eat the Urchins, I wonder if it is safe to put some there to help the Kelp?

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 4 місяці тому

      I think there are organizations trying to breed sunflower sea stars and reintroduce them but the current law forbids it.

    • @LindseyJonesMakeup
      @LindseyJonesMakeup 11 днів тому

      Sea Otters eat the urchins too.

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 4 місяці тому

    I have heard that seals really like to eat the propulsion fins off of Mola Mola fish, leaving them to sink helplessly to the bottom to die. Looks like they did just that to those three juveniles, two of which were eaten a bit more than just the swim fins.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 4 місяці тому

      Yes. I think it’s primarily the sea lions that bite off Mola’s fins and there’s a colony nearby.

  • @linek1234
    @linek1234 4 місяці тому

    All your diving spots are my favorites. California has unique underwater ecosystem and you’re doing amazing job showing it to people. Keep it up!

  • @mattandnicolemaxwell5622
    @mattandnicolemaxwell5622 4 місяці тому

    Not sure when these dives happened but we were there this past Sunday. Great conditions, Casino Point always seems to deliver. We would have said hello.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 4 місяці тому

      The video was recorded on the same day! I was in a blue seaskin drysuit.

    • @mattandnicolemaxwell5622
      @mattandnicolemaxwell5622 4 місяці тому

      Sorry we missed you, it was pretty crowded with classes. I actually had to tow someone in on our second dive, ha ha.

  • @edwardj3070
    @edwardj3070 4 місяці тому

    Nice, but water too cold and you can see all this stuff free diving in Laguna. Crescent Bay has lots of sea lions. Last time I swam there at high tide I watched as sheepshead came up on the shallow reef, 15 ft of water. It found an octopus, chased and fought it a few minutes and devoured it.

  • @Ute-0
    @Ute-0 5 місяців тому

    Awe that sweet sweet face. That little seal just melts my heart. There used to be a little seal at Point Lobos that would visit with me for a bit on my dives. Always made my dive feel very special and almost magical when she visited.

  • @baldwinleatherworks
    @baldwinleatherworks 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful video! How amazing and luck you are to have seen a Sunfish. My favorites are the sea lions and the kelp with the jelly fish. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m recovering from my 5 spinal surgery and am hoping to be able to go back to diving again. I miss Monterey Bay so much. Thanks again.

  • @baldwinleatherworks
    @baldwinleatherworks 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing your video. Gorgeous footage. It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world when visibility is good. I love diving this area including point Lobos.

  • @scottparsons554
    @scottparsons554 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful Wen, blue blue water, like 👍

  • @bradsillasen1972
    @bradsillasen1972 5 місяців тому

    Best NorCal diving channel. Always high quality, artful work! Opening scene, fish swimming with Mola? I have no clue??? @6:17 - Funny, looks like an embryonic mola, or maybe a mola carcass? @7:34 - ?

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 5 місяців тому

      Thank you! Yes it's a small mola mola. 6:17 is a dead mola. This is near a sea lion colony and sea lions bite off their fins. So it's quite common to see dead ones but uncommon to see live ones. 7:34 should be an opal eye.

  • @twocorgimom
    @twocorgimom 6 місяців тому

    We dove this spot several years ago. Unfortunately, since we didn't have drysuits, the dive wasn't as long as we would have liked because it was so cold. Beautiful spot.

  • @corneelvm.photography
    @corneelvm.photography 6 місяців тому

    Lovely!

  • @MrSoarman
    @MrSoarman 6 місяців тому

    Sad did not see one Abalone.

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 6 місяців тому

      I’ve only seen one in two years

  • @ripple-travel-log
    @ripple-travel-log 6 місяців тому

    Do you dive with a club or friends?

  • @divingmediterranean8332
    @divingmediterranean8332 6 місяців тому

    Hello, I like your videos. I'm going to give you some advices. There is a little too much red in some shots. This is due to either a red filter or a poor white balance setting in relation to the lighting. Otherwise the plans are very fluid and stable. The video and photo mix is pleasing to the eye. Maybe mute the music and slightly louder the ambient sound? In any case, congratulations for this work.

  • @austinbeatty2934
    @austinbeatty2934 7 місяців тому

    miss this beach so much

  • @frankscarabino3597
    @frankscarabino3597 7 місяців тому

    Hey Calvin Nice video. So this was Lover's point in late October like today? Has Monterey recovered that much? Wonderful Thanks Frank and Elisabeth

    • @calvinwen9320
      @calvinwen9320 7 місяців тому

      This is Otter cove which is a bit north from Lovers’ point. I think there’s still not much kelp at Lover’s and Otter cove is also suffering from urchins.

  • @michaeltaylors2456
    @michaeltaylors2456 7 місяців тому

    Spectacular, I will take a dive here, caveat, when conditions are like these, at Pt Lobos/ Whalers cove over just about any tropical destination. Thanks for the included stills.

  • @louisewholey6319
    @louisewholey6319 7 місяців тому

    Very nicely done!