30 Minutes Of Cold Water Magic In A Monterey Bay Kelp Forest | Relax, Chill, Ocean Therapy

This past weekend was as good as it gets in the kelp forests of Monterey Bay-ocean sunfish (Mola mola) patrolling the dropoffs, rockfish schools lazily hiding among the columns of the kelp cathedral, millions of pyrosomes washing up with the currents among the other jellies; and all of it bathed in the clear jade-blue waters of coastal California at its best.
With everything going on in the world, I figured I'd throw together a long-form video of the highlights. There's no music, just me breathing-though, as a photographer, I'm using my breathing as buoyancy, so it may or may not be very relaxing. If it is, great! If not, mute this video and play some more fitting music alongside. Enjoy!
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[@PetraSilieWalks]

I guess I will kelp coming back to this relaxing video

[@sethraelthebard5459]

Came here after playing Subnautica. The Kelp forests on planet 4645B are considerably more terrifying, but no less beautiful.

[@GoldenLight917]

Hey Frond! 🌊🐚🐠 I've gotta say I Love this. I use it to force naps upon myself lol And even study. Thank you for the cold water magic!!! Listening to your rhythmic scuba breathing is so steadying and calming as swell.

[@underwaterpat]

Right on thanks for watching!

[@ryanandrews321]

Doing my scuba diving courses now. Can’t wait to get involved with experiences like this

[@bujubra2594]

stay safe

[@lila8902]

i love 30 minutes of cold water magic in a montery bay kelp forest . this is my new way to calm down when the world is crushing me under its weight. i am sad all the time except when i watch this. never could i have imagined that it would be so meditative and relaxing. peace out peace and love on planet earth

[@ZachFoxPhotography]

Stunning! I am moving away from the area and am going to dearly miss these kelp forests. Thanks for sharing. Great videography.

[@ganjagriffin4426]

Amazing. My cat loved it so much that he jumped up on the fireplace to swat at the fish.

[@user-cg6yy1kh8i]

ちょうど大きな海藻の中を泳いでる動画を見たくなったところだったから助かる

[@scottlamberson1046]

That's got a good healthy dose of Vitamin Sea.

[@timfischer2257]

Hey, you guys have shot some beautiful pictures of this kelp forest. I wanted to ask informally if you would mind me using some of your footage in my class? I am a teacher for primary school and would like to show this to my kids and make some improvisational dance out of it (I especially like the scene with the fish between those two strands of kelp). I will always refer this footage to you and your channel and I won't use it in any public performances outside of the subject. Have a good time, and keep on with what you are doing! Greetings

[@underwaterpat]

Absolutely, go for it! Thanks for the kind words!!

[@Davy-ne2vm]

Thank you, you made me want to play Subnautica again 🥽🏊

[@hami5655]

Same.

[@jonlockwood7088]

Phenomenal! This is just about the best of Monterey and why I love diving here. We were off Pt Pinos likely the same day this was shot...as good as it gets. Thanks for sharing

[@lukilsn]

looks stunning! thank you so much for not putting any music in the video!

[@sips3812]

this is so nice! better than subnautica. I wish you well, underwaterpat!!!

[@clo8624]

I have to thank you for this 💚 It helped me calm my anxiety and feel safe 💚 Kelp forests are my favourite, thank you again 💚Edit: ohmygod is that a seal?! i'm gonna cry 💚 💚

[@AdamHelm]

Makes me miss being a divemaster

[@lisalovelylpa]

Been long time since I scuba dived in kelp ! Scary lol

[@angelapalermo9157]

This is fun and relaxing to watch. Thank you for sharing this experience. :) I watched before sleep, hopefully I will dream it.

[@Zedigan]

Absaloutely gorgeous, we gotta do what we can to look after these places 🍃

[@debbied5802]

Beautiful! This shows why diving here is so incredible.

[@seariously3434]

Absolutely stunning! Kelp is so beautiful.

[@grewvy1448]

Absolutely beautiful, makes me miss my Divemaster life 🐚

[@allisonmiller2684]

Looks like subnautica!

[@patmuir2457]

No better diving in the world!!!

[@anishdatta7042]

Looks like another world 😍

[@sierramanyak4330]

This just unlocked a deep fear of mine that I didn’t know existed 😳

[@Finnie1203]

I have thalassophobia (fear of the sea) but kelp forests are an exception, as long as theyre not deep id love to dive there sometime

[@SixesSeven]

@@Finnie1203 lmao im the exact opposite. When i go to the sea im not scared of the deep but when i go swimming in a lake and its like 3m deep with kelp in it it looks like it's about to drag me down

[@baguette4607]

I can’t stand deep or shallow kelp. Kelp freaks me out, and that’ll never change.

[@trevonduncombe5866]

@@baguette4607 the fear of seaweed is Fykiaphobia & I have it too 😭

[@w0omer]

same nobody seems to be talking about it

[@fredrikpersson6107]

Thank you for sharing Great movie!

[@Vova94318]

What a Рнаптаstic video, thanks

[@rosepetal16]

Magical!

[@sonjatheierl1]

Im in spokane and used to live in chemaquita park santa cruz mountains this makes me miss carmel bad!

[@helenpruzan6970]

Wish we had these in New Jersey!!Wonderous 💗💗💗

[@helenpruzan6970]

@Frank Silvers It is

[@trishaferreira2309]

Redwoods of the sea 🌊

[@rad_pacific]

Great Stuff

[@richard0fuller]

Just what I was looking for!

[@jamesbringetto]

Stunning!

[@pandaboy5482]

The sea always scare me but sometimes its so calming

[@samuelhenry5012]

Stunning footage, excellent work!

[@Minimeister317]

Damn, that is beautiful

[@brilliance2319]

Very wonderful and amazing

[@lynxurfriend421]

It gets really dark below that creepvine there. Kinda like under a tree canopy but the water also absorbs the light too

[@llllIllIIl]

eery, but beautiful

[@trillioncrowns]

stuff of nightmares!

[@Yomomsscknondischet]

Set this up in my den with 72in screen climb up the couch and light up a cigar

[@elijahgates8980]

I am terrified of kelp forests- two seconds in and i dunno if i can unpause the video-

[@trevonduncombe5866]

I’m Terrified of seaweed in general 😭

[@bliss143-13]

Scary beautiful 😍

[@rr7firefly]

What is that wondrous floating object that shows up at 24:50? It is exquisitely graceful yet very mysterious, like some alien creature.

[@underwaterpat]

Apologies for the late reply! Those are Thetys vagina salps in their gonozooid chain form. Salps are incredible filter-feeding, gelatinous plankton related to tunicates ("sea squirts"). The chains are sequentially hermaphroditic from female to male as they age, and the eggs they produce become solitary individuals called oozoids that lay the chains by cloning themselves. Solitary Thetys vagina salps have two long tails, hence "twin-sailed salp" as another common name.

[@rr7firefly]

@@underwaterpat Thanks for your answer. I intend to look into that in greater detail. I'm an artist with an architecture background so I am always intrigued by biota that do not fit the usual profile of lifeforms. // I'll add that my favorite spot on the California coast is the kelp forest tank at the Monterey Aquarium. It has a profoundly intoxicating effect -- I have been known to stand in front of it for a very long time. One day I'll take the plunge (I hope).

[@janinacooper4199]

Amazing…

[@user-rc6sc2vj6z]

🎉🎉

[@KingdomVideography]

Great video :)

[@NoManFly]

so relaxing

[@marshrabbit7565]

Wow.

[@JaySeraphon]

Watching this on mute, playing the music of the video game Aquaria just enhances the magic of Alec Holowka's soundtrack. Thank you Mr. Holowka. Rest in Peace.

[@SDScuba]

Is this typical of the visibility in this area or and exceptional day? Where exactly is it? A boat dive or a shore dive? I'll be visiting soon and would love to dive this spot.

[@underwaterpat]

Shore dive, "epic" visibility days we get int he fall and winter when the plankton blooms subside, Carmel, CA

[@expensiveexpensive8886]

Reminds me of Subnautica

[@lenglengleo]

16:33 개복치 타임

[@madhubashiniwickramasinghe2050]

A place where mermaids come to play hide and seek.🥰

[@IsaacFoster..]

Subnautica on RTX.

[@orbitingsentientsatellite4361]

I can only imagine how terrifying the reaper would be irl, or the ghost leviathan.

[@slender_apenas7131]

its scary

[@lexl6120]

Looks like a forest, but it was in the sea.

[@ytchannelJ1]

Oh magic conch shell, what do we do to get out of the Kelp Forest?

[@w0omer]

this stuff is scary tho

[@nateyosemite]

I’m a new diver in the area and looked at your pin drop is that the kelp forest just to the north of the beach really want to dive here next month

[@underwaterpat]

Heya yes this was north side of Monastery Beach!

[@cheeriosboy1026]

How on earth do you handle this?! The seaweed is so dark, and spindly…

[@canadianbacn]

What time of year was this filmed?

[@underwaterpat]

October and November 2020

[@strongestkarate]

what's the bottom temp around mid-summer?

[@underwaterpat]

Varies between lower to mid 50s!

[@altarush]

I don’t find this really relaxing since it feels like I am drowning.

[@ullymuhat1185]

Sabnautica

[@Powerfulthoughts305]

Is that sun fish at 17:00

[@underwaterpat]

It is yes! This is a popular cleaning spot for them

[@aliyyaainida3113]

am i the only one thinking about reaper leviathan might comes up out of nowhere

[@skyezhang6294]

What are those furry rod things??

[@underwaterpat]

Pyrosomes! They’re a colony of filter-feeding animals that wash ashore low and again if the currents push them to the beach

[@Veldtian1]

Just insane. Awesomely creepy as a closet thalassophobe

[@gabrielsmagicktome]

I'll bet that SubNautica made this video popular. 😀

[@kioly_ah]

酷

[@d34dsYnt4x]

Yeah. Nope, nope, nope, nope

[@Lilhajxjk274]

207

[@cheeriosboy1026]

I like eating seaweed, but I don’t like SEEING seaweed.

[@noahjarednorton8610]

In my opinion I'm scared of kelp so this is not really relaxing for me

[@evavandewijdeven813]

May I use this footage for a beamer projection on the background of an art-video for my instagram. ?

[@underwaterpat]

Sure thing!