Diving Crystal Caves in Abaco Bahamas
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2022
- One of the most magical places under earth is hidden deep underground. The Crystal Caves of Abaco Bahamas have left me almost breathless since the first time I got to see them in 2011. I’ve been for several documentaries but never on my own to shoot these stunning caves for fun. Anyone who’s dived with Brian Kakuk knows how he strives to protect this fragile environment and for good reason. The delicate crystals in places can never be replaced if broken. Following him is almost as mesmerizing as the cave. Watching him effortlessly glide through narrow passageways and twist and turn around fragile decorations is both incredible and terrifying knowing I have a camera and have to do the same maneuver behind him. The water is gin clear it’s like flying through air in a maze of tunnels. I had such fun with Brian and Rick Witter diving this trip. The video clips are in no order. They were mostly unplanned and just trying to capture a few shots that will never do the cave justice because when you see it in person it can bring tears to your eyes. Mother nature outdid herself here. The shades of red, orange, yellow and pink from the Saharan dust inside the crystals, crystal pools, crystal roses, frozen rain, 12,000 year old bat skeletons entombed in the crystal, ribbons that are almost translucent and so much more. I can’t wait to return but until then enjoy just a small teaser from both Dans and Ralphs Caves in Abaco.
To license footage please contact Becky Schott at Becky@LiquidProductions.com / www.LiquidProductions.com
Thank you Becky. It’s mind blowing!
Probably the best Crystal Caves videography I have ever seen. All I can say it is BRAVO👌
Wow, thank you so much, i really appreciate that!
Excellent. Beautiful video.
This was amazing. Thank you for the excellent footage!
Outstanding!! Nice Work!!
Absolutely stunning! I have watched a couple other videos about these caves - but you definitely brought them to life in a way I haven’t seen before. So, so beautiful. Thanks for sharing. More please! 😁
Thank you, thats very kind! Im so happy you enjoyed it. The caves are so mindblowing
I must say what an excellent video ! Nice very well done ! Whst a underwater marvel !
I've dived those caves many times with Brian and completely agree with you that they are truly magical. While video can never match the experience of floating weightlessly thru that crystalline universe, yours comes closer than any I've ever seen. Thank you.
That is such a huge compliment. Thank you!
fantastic!
i absolutely MUST visit.
the sheeting of the water off the dome port at the end was ☺️
thank you for this.
haha thanks! I was going to cut that out originally but the music went just a little longer so ..... i'm glad you liked it!
Omg, can't believe you're in the water at all, it so clear! Amazing!
it's so air clear!
Super! Thank you very much that you showed such magic beauty and in very good quality!
incredible video, what a journey that must have been
Amazing footage, great cinematography!
Wonderful work Becky!!! You are amazing. Very impressive.
That viz though, Nice.
Amazing!! I can't wait to do my cave training here with Brian in a few years.
That's great!
Unbelievable. Thanks for sharing!
I think you have a skill or two there young lady. Spectacular!
wow! Amazing work.
Very beautiful, thank you so much for sharing! :")
I love your uploads !! Thank you so much for sharing your adventures
I'm so happy to hear that!
This is astounding footage. The lighting and angles are absolutely mesmerizing.
Incredibile amazing video!!
Can you please share additional technical details of your dive?
Maximum depth, duration of deco stop, total duration of the dive, water temperature…
Anyway definitely one of the best videos of cave diving!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔝🔝🔝
Absolutely, the dives are all guided by Brian Kakuk / Bahamas Underground. The depths vary from 40-150 feet but your average depth is around 70 feet. Sometimes we'll do a 2 hour long dive and there is no decompression and other 2 hour long dives can have less than 30 minutes of decompression. Those are our typical dives. We were diving sidemount rebreathers but you can do longer dives on OC sidemount as well. The water temps are around 68f and there is a halocline in the cave around 40-45 feet. You can go year round and I highly recommend the caves here. My video doesn't begin to do them justice. The way they sparkle can never be caught on camera. The crystlas are so stunning.
Thanks a lot!!!
Really wonderful and amazing!!! 😍😍🤩🤩
Emocionante gostei muito é muito bom 😃😍❤️
Wow stunning place
Incredible❤❤
Isso é extraordinário! 😯
Came here from your Eagles Nest vid via Mr Ballen’s vid on the father and son who passed there.
As an open water diver, Eagles Nest wouldn’t be worth the trouble for me but THIS is beautiful and something I would actually take the time to train for.
Thank you for a beautiful tour of this amazing underwater system. Looked like a tight squeeze some places but absolutely worth it!
Thank you and caves are beautiful places but can be dangerous obviously. Proper training is so important and then building experience after that. We also care for the safety of the cave environment. Those crystals you see can not be replaced if broken so its important to be careful. When you're ready to do cavern and cave training there are a lot of wonderful instructors in Northern FLorida, Mexico and Bahamas.
His finning technique 🤩
That was some superb footage and also great diving! Amazing level of control to avoid all these beautiful fragile structures.
The oxygen stage bottles are just something goes wrong with your CCR and you have to decompress on OC, correct? Because normally you could just flush your cycle with oxygen to breathe 100% O2?
Thank you very much! You are on the right track with the bailout bottles. We carry additional "gas" with us in case there is a full rebreather failure. the "gas" will be a mixture depending on the depths we are going to and distance into the cave determines how much. We don't use 100% Oxygen except at 20ft. Below that it can become toxic and send a diver into convulsions. It's usually a nitrox or timix mixutre. On these dives it was around 27% because our deepest depth was about 145ft. We train to deal with issues when the arise on the rebreather and you are correct that you can flush the entire loop (with diluent or air) but if there is an oxygen leak or it's flooding that won't help you. It may buy you time to get to bailout.
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This is not in abaco I can assure U that this is not in abaco I live abaco for 40 years this is not abaco. Probably some place in the Bahamas but not abaco
nice rig bro !! is that a kiss classic ?
my buddies are using Kiss Sidekicks highly modified. I was on a liberty sidemount rebreather.
ya its very modified i cant even really distinguish what rig is what lol they look awsome tho !@@BeckyKaganSchott