The sand is very course and the water can take it right out from underneath your feet and down you go. Crawling out is the best way to exit the water at this beach….

Many deaths here over the years. Not a dive to make if you don't have lots of experience, tend to panic, not in good physical shape, or if conditions are too rough. Many prefer to enter and exit without fins on. Tighten down mask just a little more than usual.

2020

I find it hard to believe the scenery is worth the cold and hazardous entry and exit

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Excellent video !! Is it possible to visit the GPW as a recreational dive ? If yes, do you have any specific pointers about navigation ? My wife and I have dived at Pt. Lobos a few times and we have visited the Hole In the Wall, the Middle Reef etc. and we have really enjoyed those dives. It seems from the youtube videos that most divers at the GPW are in doubles / tech configuration. We would appreciate any comments / suggestions that you have about this... Many thanks !!

Very good.

Thank you for posting this video. I nearly made the mistake of diving here with my two teenage sons. It would not have turned out well.

Enter with fins off, don fins in the water. Exit at far north end of the beach. If the swell picks up during the dive, you need to time exit between sets.

You're welcome, but so far the time needed to edit all the footage has not come up to my other pressing priorities.

Yea, Monastery can be a tricky place to dive, but such a beautiful and varied site!

Thanks, yea the equipment is definitely more complicated, which is why I dive a backplate, but having an air pressure guage is so much better than the old J Valve. Back in the day I recall diving and running out of air and reached back to pull my J Valve only to find that it was mistakenly already in the down or reserve position and had no air. Good thing we practiced out of air ascents in my old NAUE class.

I think that is a viable choice and has it's advantages. Not having your fins on gives you a lot of control in being able to walk out. Still, scrambling out on your hands and knees when I was thrown around was my only choice in that situation.

Doc, I've been watching you dives on line for years. I did my check- out dive at Monastery beach in 1965. The equipment was much more simple the...a J valve and only one hose. I'm a bit put off by the elaborate equipment and the expense now, but I just love to see these videos of that beach. Keep up the good work!!!

But you'd be already wet when you would go into water.

I visited the Grove 2 weeks ago. Unfortunatly the visibility was crap.

How long did you stay down for this video?

Great Video! I was born in Monterey, ca and now live in Reno NV. I used to go to Carmel a lot and to Monastery Beach it is an erie place and not being a diver one day when the water was calm I walked into the water and it had a almost an instant cliff drop. I never went in it again. I know why it's called Mortuary Beach.It's beautiful but deceiving.

Lots of respect, seems like you guys had a good time and made a great video.

Was the full version ever released? If so where is it? Thanks for this video.

Depending on the batteries I'm using, burn time is about 60 minutes, so they do well on a 2 hour dive. I've yet to see uncle whitey aka landlord (Great White), but if I did, I'd get my video camera out pronto! ;-)

Whats the battery life on those? At least u got some faster mode to get away from uncle WHITEY.

Locals call it Mortuary Beach!

hey just a tip if you change the title to scuba diving or something of that sort you will get tons of view i was searching for scootering and this came up and i was like woah this is cool but he should have alot more than 343 views so change the title you will get so many views and subs;)

Great video, diving spiegel tomorrow I'm very excitedd

In Spanish is called "Pez Luna", Moonfish. It is curious that in English it is "Sunfish". The correct scientific name is "Mola mola", the genum with the first word in capital, the specifical name with m. Excellent video. Thank you DocWongScuba.

@DocWongScuba like legit bro. im doing my dive masters internship atm in australia. and seeing soemthign like this is so awesome, i bet it would have been a surreal experience, if people only knew the the feeling u get from diving, they would know our passion and driving force.!

your awesome brO!

Doc what music are you using in the background?

Outstanding footage!!! I'd love to be down there right now :-)) 5 Stars!!!

Awesome video Doc... It's going to be hard to top that trip!

Me too! But I live in California!

I could dive every day! Too bad I live in Virginia! I only get to do dives a few times a year :(

a fish so good they named it twice

aww, how cute :)

Whaha weird friggin' fish! xD Beautiful music.

wow...amazing!!!

nice video

I used to sing this song. Can you send me a link to where you found it?? Thanks Doc! - Sarah

This is just an amazingly lovely video Doc. Can't wait to dive with you again sometime.

Wow. I'm amazed, Doc! This almost looks better than actually being there :)

I'm glad I saw this. Good job overall. I guess I would have liked to see "the roll" from a little closer to the action and maybe a couple of other divers negotiating that same obstacle.

hey same here!

i would totally wet myself if i saw that creepy thing

Cool, all my new scuba videos are under docwongscuba So look there for my new ones. Most are made with a much better video camera setup.

Thanks, See the credits at the end of the video and it's there.

about how big are these?

qued cabezon

Glad you got out unharmed. Yes, Monastery Beach demands a lot of respect.

Thanks.