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@deepdowndrey 7 күн бұрын
dope video !
@tw6570 8 күн бұрын
I'm going to get scuba certified this month in Monterey! I love watching your videos for inspiration. Thanks for posting these wonderful adventures!
@calvinwen9320 7 күн бұрын
Have fun with your certification!
@zaknyberg 8 күн бұрын
Love your videos man!
@calvinwen9320 8 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@AndreiAstrakharchik 20 күн бұрын
Awesome viz!
@amymiller9718 23 күн бұрын
Keep em coming Calvin. Love going underwater with you.
@ColeAbel Ай бұрын
awesome!
@zaknyberg Ай бұрын
What camera do you use for diving?
@calvinwen9320 Ай бұрын
GoPro 10
@PacificCoastHunterz Ай бұрын
The kelp looks pretty healthy there.
@calvinwen9320 Ай бұрын
Pt Lobos is half kelp half urchin barren.
@milascatadventures1011 Ай бұрын
Amazing video! Great clarity and I love how the sunlight comes through. Thanks for sharing this.
@marleneray1044 Ай бұрын
This is wonderful footage and editing. Maybe i was a mermaid in a former life. : )
@zanerose1394 Ай бұрын
I see my Sheephead bro right at the beginning! Great video!
@marcb6896 Ай бұрын
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 Ай бұрын
God has the most beautiful creations! Hallelujah
@user-tx6lv3tj5c Ай бұрын
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 Ай бұрын
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 Ай бұрын
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 Ай бұрын
Very nice, Mr. C
@daleglasbrenner3321 Ай бұрын
Thank You, great work, video and music... how come only one fish ?
@calvinwen9320 Ай бұрын
I was wondering about that too. Usually there’s lot’s of fish but I didn’t see many yesterday.
@user-fz3il2mz1f Ай бұрын
Thank you, Calvin. the Pt Lobs docent who do not dive appreciate your informing them with the filming you have shared with us
@calvinwen9320 Ай бұрын
Glad it helps!
@rjourney8246 Ай бұрын
Mesmerizing.
@user-tx6lv3tj5c Ай бұрын
Amazing video with amazing conditions that only someone who frequents North monastery can appreciate. Thank you very much for the video, safe diving.
@calvinwen9320 Ай бұрын
Thank you and safe diving to you too!
@bradsillasen1972 2 ай бұрын
Looks like fun. Were those some Brown Rockfish? I don't recall seeing any in a Monterey video.
@calvinwen9320 2 ай бұрын
Yes Brown rockfish. They seem uncommon but I saw several today.
@andrewnorgrove6487 2 ай бұрын
We have lost over 95 % of our Forests in Australia with our hope standing on the shoulders of a small planting in Tasmania
@kathyrehfuss6422 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the beauty down there. Brings back many great memories. Glad to see the kelp forests and habitat are surviving
@drdcon1152 3 ай бұрын
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 3 ай бұрын
Yes a blacksmith. Lots of them near channel islands.
@masteroctopusesanimations153 3 ай бұрын
Subnatica
@baldwinleatherworks 3 ай бұрын
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 3 ай бұрын
I read that the purple urchin problem started in 2014. Northern california kelp was decimated and Monterey also has extensive urchin barrens.
@baldwinleatherworks 3 ай бұрын
@@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 3 ай бұрын
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 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations!
@calvinwen9320 3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ChrisD624 4 ай бұрын
I went on a night dive this past Saturday at breakwater and the visibility was great. Yesterday not so much.
@calvinwen9320 4 ай бұрын
This was taken this past Sat.
@zzxx3032 4 ай бұрын
Hello, are you interested in testing orcatorch dive lights? Can you send me your gmail?
@doremefasolateeda 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing me this..
@bradsillasen1972 4 ай бұрын
Lovely work. Great close-ups! I assume that's an atypical blue Kelp Greenling @2:00? Spectacular fish!
@calvinwen9320 4 ай бұрын
I think you are right! This color seems rare.
@linek1234 4 ай бұрын
Wow, what a visibility!
@mellissadalby1402 4 ай бұрын
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 4 ай бұрын
I think there are organizations trying to breed sunflower sea stars and reintroduce them but the current law forbids it.
@LindseyJonesMakeup 19 күн бұрын
Sea Otters eat the urchins too.
@mellissadalby1402 4 ай бұрын
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 4 ай бұрын
Yes. I think it’s primarily the sea lions that bite off Mola’s fins and there’s a colony nearby.
@linek1234 4 ай бұрын
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!
@calvinwen9320 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mattandnicolemaxwell5622 4 ай бұрын
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 4 ай бұрын
The video was recorded on the same day! I was in a blue seaskin drysuit.
@mattandnicolemaxwell5622 4 ай бұрын
Sorry we missed you, it was pretty crowded with classes. I actually had to tow someone in on our second dive, ha ha.
@edwardj3070 4 ай бұрын
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 5 ай бұрын
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 5 ай бұрын
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.
@calvinwen9320 4 ай бұрын
Wish you a speedy recovery!
@baldwinleatherworks 5 ай бұрын
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 6 ай бұрын
Beautiful Wen, blue blue water, like 👍
@bradsillasen1972 6 ай бұрын
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 6 ай бұрын
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 6 ай бұрын
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.
@DELFAADAYA 6 ай бұрын
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@corneelvm.photography 6 ай бұрын
Lovely!
@MrSoarman 6 ай бұрын
Sad did not see one Abalone.
@calvinwen9320 6 ай бұрын
I’ve only seen one in two years
@ripple-travel-log 7 ай бұрын
Do you dive with a club or friends?
@calvinwen9320 7 ай бұрын
Mostly friends
@ripple-travel-log 7 ай бұрын
Let me know when you need a dive buddy in future
@divingmediterranean8332 7 ай бұрын
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.
@calvinwen9320 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the advice!
@austinbeatty2934 7 ай бұрын
miss this beach so much
@frankscarabino3597 7 ай бұрын
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 7 ай бұрын
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.