I had a spider decorator crab for a few years, it hiched in on a coral plug. They're truly fascinating to watch as they glue all kinds of things to their bodies. Fortunately it never bothered my corals but I've heard some of them can do some real damage.

Best places to go for free: Santa Cruz:Tortuga Bay; San Cristobal: Cerro Tijeretas, La Loberia; Isabela: Playa Grande & Los Humedales, Concha de Perla

Great video!!! Don’t know if you recall - Joe long was your bike ride. We’re you able to go to each spot easily?

How do u buy tickets on line I can't to there sight.i go the same age every time 😮

Nice video, thanks for sharing the sea life enjoying the Jax. It’s a good dive with buddies or solo. The Jax always deliver.

Where do you park? On the beach side or across the street? Or do you drop of your craft across the road (by intracoastal) then park in the official MacArthur Beach State Park on the beach side? Thanks.

Hi Shawn, planning to go snorkeling in the area. How do we know the water is cleared up? this is really beautiful

Growing up in Hollywood, Florida, my first spearfishing was done at those jacks in 1968/1969. My first visit to the jacks was in a boat at the outer point of the jacks. Most of the rest of the visits were from the beach. We used to have to walk up from the pier, (no walkways yet), to start from the beach. Some days were so full of marine life, it was amazing.

Just got back from that trip. I thought I was the only one that had that INSANE boat entry.

Hey I absolutely loved this video. I'm used to snorkeling/diving at Blue Heron, which has a more predictable tide table, does this area have something similar? Or are you just hoping for the best when you go? Thanks again, love your content!

Wow - what fantastic timing! We are in Montana and heading to this park in the next few days! Sadly, I didn't even know anything about this park until a few days ago. We are driving to Maine and we never quite know our route, so I have done zero research until we decided to go thru ND instead of SD (did that last year). Very cool - looking forward to our visit! Then I don't know where we are going... ha ha!

Love it :)

Very nice!!! 👍👍

What a Great Dive :)

Wonderful underwater views of the sea turtle and all the beautiful fish including the reef shark. I enjoyed to the end. Thank you my friend.

Great job correctly labeling fish.

Impressed you knew the difference between a Queen Angel and Townsend Angel. Also, Black Angels are often mis labeled as French Angels in many videos.

Awesome I’ve been there the first time I went to key largo

You're an amazing teacher. I went to the school you teach at class of '91. My daughter Catherine graduated this year from the same school. You were one of her teachers, her favorite actually. The experiences at munyon island, hands on with your aquariums, and your classes are a lot of what made her continue her education as a student at USF studying to be a veterinarian! I really didn't get to say thank you for your positive influence, as I only met you at her awards dinner. So Thank You. I see how much you enjoy the ocean and Florida every time her and I camped on Peanut island, she was proud to know so many things about the area. Keep up the good work, you're a huge influence on the kids you teach and I'm glad she was in your classes.

Gorgeous under water WORLD. As above so below -- BEAUTIFUL I think God made everything perfect!

As above so is below... beautiful! We live on an EARTH that's so Beautiful most don't know and HAVEN'T seen or experience.

Great video. Loved that you identified the fish.

Thank you for the beautiful video! I love your fish identifications! 😁

Thanks for the very detailed information. It is the best of all the clips I watched so far.

Neat

How long was the dive?

Thanks Shawn for sharing these locations. 😊

Thank you SO much for sharing your trip, Shawn! It's empowering me to plan and go on my own adventure late this summer! "Keep Exploring" my fellow Floridian!

How far out?

Where exactly is this and how far did you swim out?

thank you for your videos. They are really helpful for planning my trip. On your videos the sky does always look cloudy. Is it because of the video or was the weather like that?

Amazing sea creatures! Beautiful video. Thank you! 🤗

where exactly is "south rock"?

many good videos, my friend. I have subscribed and pressed the channel bell to support you. Wishing you a happy - warm - happy - healthy new year, dear friend!🌹🌹❤️❤️💞💞👍👍🛎🛎🍷📍🍷

Thumbs up, Thanks for sharing👍

Nice compilation of BHB!

And recommendations on taking my daughter's in December?

Bhb is the best 🙌

So beautiful! Love the yellow stingray 🤗

What is the best fertilizer for mangroves?

Very nice video. How deep was it there? Also, what did you use to film?

Love kayaking in the mangroves. Very informative video!

Must of been amazing to get back in the water

Thanks for sharing! Just signed up for this dive when we go in November.

Wishing you both and all the kids a wonderful school year!!

I love Cato's Bridge.

About how deep is it?

I can ever hold my breath deeper than 5 metres. Well done. Great vid too

Yeah that’s super brave. I’m just getting my feet wet with snorkeling. 🤣🤗