Freediving Pavilion lake British Columbia

I checked off one of the dives high on my list. This of course is Pavilion lake B.C. the only lake with freshwater to my knowledge in the world with freshwater coral.
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[@vancity2349]

Very cool, that water was clear in the vid must have been epic in person

[@AquaticMonkey]

Stunning

[@KrazyMitchAdventures]

0:58 I have been to Pavilion lake, My pop was a travelling salesman in the 90s,a nd I travelled with him a lot.. I've been to some pretty cool places. Its amazing at how crystal clear the lake is, I know that seeing the bottom at 100ft + isn't impossible

[@ksimpp]

Can't believe I've never heard of this lake... It's so unique and gorgeous. Thanks for the vid as always 😊

[@Shadowmick]

Please if you have questions my parents lived there since 80's and we've been camping there in the 60's.. I found left lures and found covering it was stromatolites trying to make homes. I love cheeky brown and rainbow trout usually 2-5 pounds ... my biggest 7pnds. The area oh so mysterious at times you can hear for miles ... at night the stars. :) I just love Chimney mountain like a protector is guards us who respects the area. Well ..the pre-historical times seen the First people battled other First people nations for this charmed land the beliefs of many ledges flow story tellers. Camp fire stories from the remaining first nations people are full of interesting and wonderous stories ..

[@blueman5924]

Wow. Beautiful water ! 🤙

[@ChipDarby13]

Did you happen to find my fishing net down there?😆 One of my favourite fishing lakes!

[@stefaniemurphy3349]

My backyard! My favorite for Kayaking. Kelly lake close to Clinton has the coral as well.

[@AquaticMonkey]

Interesting

[@stefaniemurphy3349]

A bit about the Kelly lake site

[@tdpay9015]

Pavilion Lake doesn't have coral, but stromatolites, the oldest form of life on earth. They are usually found in salty seashore environments. They are extremely rare in freshwater. That's why diving is restricted there in order to protect them. You saw some at 6:27.

[@integratedalchemist]

Oh man I love this lake, I swam around that island for a while last summer with my mask on, I'm not a free diver but it was still one of the most beautiful places in the world I've ever swam!

[@AquaticMonkey]

such a nice spot! I need to head back soon

[@emeraldsky8009]

Great video. I free dove that lake and had roughly the same experience as you.

[@AquaticMonkey]

Do you know how deep the coral actually is?

[@emeraldsky8009]

@@AquaticMonkey No idea about depth. I went about the same depth as you and found some smallish "corals" maybe 30cm high. They didn't look like much.

[@nicksverdlenko7292]

@@AquaticMonkey Gotta drop down to ~20m or so to see the big coral-looking boys. Hit me up this summer if you want to team up.

[@AquaticMonkey]

@@nicksverdlenko7292 message me on insta and we can meet up, I plan to return for sure! With a full suit because after 10 m it's so cold!

[@johnstutt9925]

The footage is great. One thing you didn’t mention is that this lake has limited access.

[@AquaticMonkey]

What do you mean by limited access?

[@devinbiggs1308]

Pavillion lake has microbialites, not coral. Corals are animals related to jellyfish. But microbialites on the other hand.are bacteria and other microbes with precipitated rock. The structures you observed at 6:29 looked like microbialites.

[@bobbywang3333]

buddy dive!

[@thesawofsarcasm115]

How did you get 200000 subs? And why don't they show up to watch?

[@blueman5924]

He was just showcased on a local news outlet for his iPhone recovery, so I assume there are many new subs. It’s eco-cool content.

[@AquaticMonkey]

@@blueman5924 ya I did some colabs with bigger channels, had some news coverage. But most of all had a few viral videos

[@lolol-real8752]

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