It's fun to be swimming WAY offshore alone, can't see the bottom, and suddenly I see a shark rising up through the water column to check me out. I love it! Thanks for watching!

Hahaha!!!

​@@relaxingtropics I'm also astounded by the shark with disfigured mouth, Will it survive?

Seriously. I was shocked by that. I hope it survives. I have no idea if it will or not. I never saw it open or close it's mouth - not sure if it can do that. However, that gathering where I saw it was for breeding. I'm guessing that if the shark is there for breeding, it's fed enough to have energy for that rather than saving his energy for just eating.

@@relaxingtropics who knows, maybe these sharks are highly social and share food with it. Cartilaginous fish are the only notable family that shows empathy.

Cool! Good to know, thank you!

Hahaha! Seriously!

Off of electric beach

Nope. Fish belong in the ocean, not in aqauriums

Thank you! I agree. Amazing creatures!

Thanks for watching and commenting! The full video is on the channel in the education series. You might like it!

Fortunately, manta rays do not have any stingers. Stingrays and electric rays are the ones to look out for.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@relaxingtropics maybe not but that thing is a giant still can probably do some damage but hey do the thing brah honestly that would scare the bejesus out of me 😀

They're gorgeous swimmers! We're working with scientists here on Oahu to get genetic proof that the population here stays around Oahu. This has been shown on Maui, making each island's population unique and very endangered!

Thanks for watching and commenting! We love those sharks!

@@relaxingtropics Same here!

This one happens to be a Galapagos. We were lucky enough to swim with a gorgeous tiger shark. The video is on the channel. Amazing animals! Thanks for watching and commenting!

They can be so loud. It’s amazing!

So cool, right!? They suck in water and then squeeze it out of siphons on the sides of their heads. Jet propulsion.

Glad you liked it! And yes, swimming with mantas is AMAZING and we are fortunate enough to do it quite frequently here on Oahu. Plenty of other manta vids on the channel if you're interested. We use a GoPro Hero10. Tried the 11 and wasn't convinced it was better.

@@relaxingtropics I took my GoPro hero 9 to the Caribbean last year and came out with shoddy videos most likely user error lol. Where can I swim with manta rays? We will be there from the 8th to 17

Too bad about the vids. In the winter, the only reliable place to see mantas is the Big Island off the Kona coast. Here on Oahu, it's rare to see them in the winter. Good luck!

Right? Octopuses are so cool! Thanks for watching!

haha!!! Glad you liked it!

- ROFL 🤣 underrated comment.

Such amazing animals! Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching!

Sorry for the sadness. Poor little crab...

Why not? Were you rooting for the crab to get away?

Aloha! The translation didn’t work very well so I’m not sure what you said. But thank you for watching and commenting!

Right? They are super smart. I trained 2 saddle wrasses to hunt crabs with me a few years ago using hand gestures and clicks with my tongue. But yeah, they are also smart enough to be free loaders and opportunistic.

Thank you! That was a particularly fun day. Haven’t ever had a turtle try to bite the camera like that before.. or since.

Thank you so much! And thanks for watching and commenting! We got super lucky with that octopus!

Thanks for the comment! We have the hardest time telling the difference between gray reef, oceanic blacktip and Galapagos. I do know that all of these in the video are pregnant females - which can be a bit more aggressive. Was a fun swim though!

Totally agree! It looks like it's trying to fight off a fish or something trying to get it from above... dun, dun, dun, then the octopus comes out of hiding...

LOL!!! For sure! Thanks for watching!

That’s great advice! We couldn’t agree more!

They’re just so cute! We love when they climb all over the camera…. Except one opened the waterproof case once. That was expensive…

Right???!!! Such a cool moment. We were stoked that we got it on film!

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and for the comment!

Yeah, the poor crab was fighting off something before the octopus got to it. It had a bad day. Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting!

@@relaxingtropics no problem. I love octopuses they are my favorite sea creature

Seriously! Thanks for watching!

@@relaxingtropics actually I think it is more skillful placement than luck the more I think about it, what kind of camera, the clarity is excellent

Well thank you! This one was shot with a GoPro Hero10 Black in Waimea Bay.

Thanks for watching

Thank you for watching! We'll post more without background add-ons. Thanks!

Seriously! They can be super fast when motivated!

This is an Eagle Ray and it’s eating some type of crustacean. I’m not sure what crustacean exactly. The eagle ray caught and ate 10 of these in about 20 minutes. Thanks for watching!

Concordamos. Lastimas. Pero, estamos muchisimos gratos que podemos ver estas criaturas quando estan aqui todavia.

Seriously! Nature is amazing! Thanks for watching and commenting!

They have a hard beak similar to parrots' 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes they do. I’ve been bitten twice by octopuses and it draws blood. They can be feisty!

Octopuses have a sharp beak, they do a hole in them and literally sucks the crab empty

So cool!!!

Nani the football player?

@@relaxingtropics Kani is a word Crab that being translatednin Japanese language

The singing is a humpback whale. The whale swam right under us, then a few seconds later, the tiger shark came up to investigate. Such a cool day!!

hmm.. I think you might be right on the tentacle... sad! But so fun to play with these cute little critters! They're soooo curious!

Thanks for the reply! We heard from a friend that it might be a juvenile threadfin jack...???

You're very welcome! They're patterns are so amazing! Love those creatures.

It was an amazing experience Lisa! Thanks for the comment!

This was in one of the tide pools at Pupukea, on Oahu's north shore.

I agree. Or a pomfret... odd shape and quite a few threads hanging off of those fins.

Right?! Hawaiian spinner dolphins are gorgeous! And so intelligent. The blacktip shark was amazing as well. So sleek. So graceful in the water. Glad you liked the video!

Muito obrigado, cara! Eu morava na Bahia nos anos noventa. Ah, que saudades! Stay stoked...