Rare Hidden Fish under a Florida Bridge! (Muck Monster?)

Jonathan teams up with Jeff Nelson, an expert critter spotter, to dive the Blue Heron Bridge, known for the best "muck diving" in the USA. Located in Riviera Beach, Florida, the Blue Heron Bridge is an easy shore dive filled with an amazing diversity of small marine animals--if you can find them! In this episode, Jonathan is searching for one of the rarest animals seen there--the Stargazer fish.
#muckdiving #scuba #florida
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[@eva2k0]

I don't understand how this channel doesn't have 10 million subs yet. Videography is nat geo/discovery channel quality with an entertaining host. Honestly some of the best content on youtube.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thank you! I don't quite understand the slow growth either.

[@glendarorabaugh2255]

@@BlueWorldTV VERY TRUE

[@jcas78]

True, this channel looks like one of these productions on national geographic or discovery. Very professional, educational and entertaining.

[@dreadnoughtus2598]

I never knew that a Flounder can move its eyes independently, like a Chameleon. That's why I love and watch your channel. I learn something new every episode!

[@amara8934]

Agreed

[@Oldhotdogwater]

Agreed x2

[@alexandervuhoangdang8954]

Agree dread jonathan is always teaching me new Things richtig dread

[@Aria432]

KKonas...

[@nes.torfernandez]

I was there that day when you guys where diving with Nelson. I was waiting for this video for sooooo long hahaha. I’m glad that is finally out

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I'm always in awe of this channel. Makes me so nostalgic. In some ways (and the BEST ways), it doesn't feel like the videos are from this decade.

[@pitgroove.37_66]

You have such a funny character that makes me enjoy watching these episodes a lot; "excuse me, sorry, coming through" "hey baby, check out my awesome yellow fin" 🤣🤣🤣

[@BlueWorldTV]

That's "pitch-shifted Jonathan". LOL. 🤣

[@blueabyss8119]

Hello Jonothan, I just wanted to say thank you so much. If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t have gotten certified. I have seen much marine life and it was all for you. Thank you for being so amazing. 😃

[@BlueWorldTV]

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats!

[@braedynhoward3644]

I'll definitely have to do that dive, SO MANY AMAZING ANIMALS!

[@david-jw2rc]

Buscando yo imi imajinasion.

[@Kunozeros]

+1 😉

[@MRnautilus9]

Going there in december, can't wait to dive ! 😍😍😍 Too bad I missed you though, two months earlier and I'd have met the team ! Keep it up !

[@painter8475]

SAME!

[@LifeStyleandfoods]

😇😍😍😍😍👍👊👏

[@jennrat2982]

Did you get to go?

[@MRnautilus9]

@@jennrat2982 I did ! Didn't see a stargazer though ... But the dive was amazing, spent 1h30 underwater, my longest so far ! Great viz, plenty of fish, and warm water, even for december, loved it 😍

[@jennrat2982]

@@MRnautilus9 Wonderful...👍☺️

[@RK-de5wg]

Blue heron is a great place to dive with so many different species to see. Jeff is an ambassador in protecting Blue Heron bridge too. Thanks for another great video BlueWorld Friends!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Jeff has been leading the charge in protecting this amazing place!

[@Anakin200623]

YES, another upload, this warms my heart so much! Keep the amazing work up💙💙

[@FintasticFilms]

I just added that dive to my bucket list! You filmed so many cool animals on the dive, but the stargazer was probably my favorite. This episode had a lot of funny parts too lol

[@Adam-qv2bd]

They should rename it as the Keyser Soze fish.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@scubatravel7846]

The stargazer is legit my unicorn. I was disappointed I never saw one in the Philippines. I had no idea you could find them in Florida!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

The ONLY way to find one of those things is with an expert spotter that knows where and how. I would never in a million years find one myself.

[@sarahmoseley6647]

Me and my son watch one of your videos every day, we love learning about the blue world together. Thank you from England! 😊

[@BlueWorldTV]

Did you know the star of our new IMAX film is Gina Moseley from Birmingham? Any relation? macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/ancient-caves/

[@sarahmoseley6647]

@@BlueWorldTV No relation but thanks for sharing the link, the trailer looks brilliant. Are you able to stream this? We'd love to watch 👍

[@MW-wv8pb]

Holy crap, I dived here multiple times! Never seen the stargazer, but mingled with the octopus and myriad dinner-plate sized starfish. Such a cool dive, and extremely accessible. You can literally suit up right in the parking lot!

[@morganeasy787]

I love how he lifted your hand ever so gently like "here ya go, don't need you gettin stuck" 😂😂

[@Belowbluewaterdiver]

Blue heron bridge is such a gem! Never know what it’s gonna throw at you. Last time I dove it I got an octopus and a horseshoe crab

[@sandrasignorelli5960]

Yay another Blue World video! I love them! Kudos especially to the guy who provides your music. He adds a special touch the videos. Please tell him I'm a big fan of his too! 😊🤿

[@PonyDragon404]

I felt soooooo touched when seeing you guys finally found the stargazer!!! BlueWorld is amazing!!! Thank you!!!

[@pa508701]

The Blue Heron Bridge is truly a special place but unfortunately it is one of the many places that is getting too popular and too overcrowded with divers doing bad things. I dive this location about 3 times per month and constantly see poor diving behavior: finning the bottom, grabbing the reefs and structures; but also unethical behavior as well: using muck sticks to stir up an animal for a photograph. I wish more divers would follow good behavior and remember to be passive observers of the environment instead of being so intrusive. But I guess that is a lot to ask for.

[@eddiefurnell5276]

G'day Michael, I cannot thank you enough for the great work you do cleaning up our seas, You are a "The Trash Warrior", I have just retired after 50 plus years in the nursing profession and hope now to have more time to follow in your footsteps.

[@stormysampson1257]

Record number of special species in this episode. Amazing dive site!

[@brandi-annpagano6702]

The batfish is by far the strangest fish I've seen. The oceans are filled with amazing creatures!

[@Desi_Nehra]

*Man that Frogfish stole my heart* 😭

[@BlueWorldTV]

So cute right?

[@marilynalvarez9951]

Another wonderful adventure. I remember your first dive at this location, one of my favorite, I think you almost got kidnapped twice by adorable octopuses. 😀

[@platypusoppy6372]

It's a good day when you upload! You should also have series about going muck diving around the US or the world.

[@dtn8647]

I'm excited to see the beauties of Blue Heron Bridge, and the adventure

[@georgehuss2976]

Fantastic filming, hope I get to dive there. Thanks !!!

[@SarahWatchesStuff]

This was easily the best video I've seen on this channel. So many weird and unique creatures!

[@la.negra.tomasa]

Stargazer looks like a small Whale Shark, I loved it! Thank you for this amazing content Blue World Team

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Gorgeous animals, every one of them 😍

[@scottjackson1332]

So glad you're back in force Jonathan. I spend a good bit of time in Florida and have heard a lot of good things about this site. Maybe one day.

[@gunner4ever924]

One of my favorite channels on this platform. I wish you were given a show on Netflix.

[@kleague41]

Wow! So many cool creatures on these two dives!! I'm happy you were able to find the Stargazer! I was honestly just amazed at the small creatures you found that I have never even heard of!! I love this channel!! Is there any way you can increase the number of videos you put up here??? Hope you're all healthy. Stay safe!!

[@williamdavis2565]

Blue Heron is aa great dive site, and Jeff at Force-E certainly has saved more than one dive for us!

[@rildn7]

Awesome video ! This is one of our favorite dives, never gets old !

[@dlanska]

Very well filmed, narrated, and edited. Excellent.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!

[@TheLastRoman0000]

That's a nice dive spot. I got some cool pics while free diving there. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@lydialeigh4]

This was AMAZING! I knew that I wanted to dive BHB one of these days, but now I have moved it up to the top of my list. Those green colored Trunk Fish were so unusual and so cool looking! One of the best BHB videos yet! Force E Scuba is said to be the best place to dive with too. 👌

[@BlueWorldTV]

Try to get Jeff as your divemaster!

[@godzillareacts6275]

The Stargazer looks a lot like a Stonefish XD

[@UKFishCam]

Such an odd fish, the natural world makes some crazy creatures

[@SolidStateSoul]

Supremely interesting episode, muck diving is intriguing stuff. Thanks for the lunch break vacation.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sarahbethsstitching9937]

I absolutely love your channel. I learn so much. And though I won’t be able to scuba dive due to my lung issues I can enjoy the videos you make because it’s like being there seeing what you see without ever getting into the water😀

[@amara8934]

Wow! I would love to go there and I was fooled that flounders were cute. The sole is super cool. At night, the fish and other marine life looks like a reality TV show. The "Here fishy fishy" was also very funny.

[@senthilkumar-ox2mg]

Never seen before.... it's really awesome....👍💯

[@aarongavin586]

I love the attention you have brought to some of the lesser known animals that we have in Florida! There is currently a coral disease running rampant through Florida's reef tract. As one of the many many Biologist working to to save Florida's Stony corals, it'd be awesome to see you and your team cover the reef tract and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease!

[@BlueWorldTV]

That's a good idea. Next time we are down that way we will do a story about that. Send me an email please with your contact info!

[@rjhollinger]

I would love to see a video about that. Definitely an important issue for our reefs.

[@Bobby_Hernandez]

That’s awesome glad you found the stargazer 😁 BHB is alway an adventure

[@FletchCuh]

I love this show

[@DolbecAqua]

This is why I love diving soo much. Great video!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks!

[@KB-gd6fc]

This is such a fun dive.

[@ohplezz]

Love watching your adventures!!

[@seastheday2020]

I love your close up photography!

[@roybm3124]

What a dive site, gorgeous!

[@lucabanchieri6288]

Very interesting, thank you!

[@samc6734]

Thanks for the awesome shots and great editing! Love you guys

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@andreykarayvansky9549]

OMG, this is amazing!

[@tobyfielstra2939]

Beautiful and entertaining!

[@davidmontgomery1016]

Dove this a few years ago. it is definitely on my return to dive list. Lots of fun.

[@iiheartvalentines7953]

I MISS YOU!!!! I’ve been watching you on clever it was kid reading app! And i love watching about the shark ones! Your a legend dude!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Welcome!

[@mariobeltran4238]

I love these amazing animals

[@GangGang1]

Cool!

[@prayogapetra2541]

Great content as always!

[@achilliaroberso9366]

Thankyou for your lovely content .

[@BlueWorldTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@nolandderlugner1351]

i love this

[@paulapena5840]

AMAZING!! 🤩

[@BAMFSQUAD]

Nice 😁 BHB is always a great time. I’m still on the hunt for the frogfish

[@fu13fr5]

Amazing images

[@sassa82]

So interesting and beautiful!

[@lbaronXL]

How did I miss a video on my local dive site :( glad I caught it!!!!!!!

[@waybisplayz7301]

That music is so nostalgic! I enjoyed this a lot

[@deangelodclarke1498]

I love this channel!

[@bradsullivan2298]

Great and interesting video!

[@misna6121]

Amazing

[@niniweerasekara1015]

Love him

[@alexandriathomas5362]

This was so Interesting! I love this channel ♥️

[@p-dog2837]

Nice Episode ! watched it from Cologne

[@muhamadamirulhafiz2852]

Subhan Allah, so fantastic!!!

[@CallumEvans127]

It doesn’t matter how many videos you put out. All of them are amazing.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Aw thanks!

[@CallumEvans127]

@@BlueWorldTV Keep up the good work.

[@Dharmarenee]

Jeff is awesome.

[@BlueWorldTV]

Awesome divemaster!

[@AlrekArinbjorn]

High CRI diving lights would probably be helpful for distinguishing all those colors down there.

[@pinchy08]

Very interesting sea creatures on a muck dive.

[@sharethelove5034]

Thank you ❤that was awesome 😎

[@BlueWorldTV]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@overcash007]

I love your videos I can’t wait to go back to the blue heron bridge

[@BlueWorldTV]

It's awesome!

[@overcash007]

@@BlueWorldTV I agree it was my first time in salt water it was a last ditch effort to dive as the boats were all blown out and I’m not disappointed

[@sariahferguson6450]

i love your content it inspires me

[@kathgates5354]

i love it ❤️

[@ralphlau6390]

very nice video, keep going

[@gv2817]

We happened to do a night dive too with Jeff at blue heron bridge 2 months back, one of my best dives yet.

[@stilcrazychris]

Great job camera man Todd & Zack & oh yes Johnathan to... lol.. Wow those fishes are so tiny. My favorite are the seahorses. I think I like them so much, BC the male has to carry the babes. Only if that was real in humans. My grandmother always said if a male had to carry the 2nd child there would only be one child per household. She was a hoot. You would've like her. That's where I get my orneriness from. Well enjoyed the dive boys. See ya next time, be safe, Chris from Missouri

[@BlueWorldTV]

I carried my kids in a backback for years!!! LOL

[@stilcrazychris]

@@BlueWorldTVMr. Johnathan sweetheart, I wouldn't even put that in the same kind of pain. There's pain involved it this kind of process... lol.... A lot of pain only a women can describe. OMG IT'S THE WORST KIND OF PAIN A HUMAN MAN CAN NOT EXPERIENCE. But let's move on & agree to disagree on this matter. :~).............. If I had a salt water tank. I would love to have a bunch of those cute little seahorses. They really are so are so neat & cool to watch. Thanks so much for sharing, be safe around & in water, God bless, Chris from Missouri

[@gamer4206]

night diving seems really spooky to me, I would definitely try it though!!

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

amazing frog fish, stargazer, and fire worm ‼️®™️ 👏👏 My union hall is right over that bridge, local 402 local W. Palm beach Ironworkers❕

[@aydenrodfishing9153]

I live only a hour away and someway how I still haven't gone here, but I will be coming here soon to snorkel and free dive, and maybe even in more in the future scuba dive

[@pricediver]

We should go diving together sometime ! Awesome episode !

[@NurSyazrina122]

nice😍😍😍

[@jp216]

17:24 See guys, the size of the fin matters

[@stevecharlton8001]

I will be there this weekend- my first salt water dive since OW!

[@BlueWorldTV]

Have fun!

[@yannievelarde8360]

Well man U actually have good sense of diving!!!!

[@BlueWorldTV]

I like to think so, I've been doing it a long time.

[@Oldhotdogwater]

That beach looks actually cool😂

[@Teampegleg]

I love that Force E, their refrigerated fill system gives you cold to touch fills at service pressure in 15 minutes flat.

[@dannygarret]

SUPER

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

12:38 one of my favorite jellyfish, they can actually sleep much like a box jelly

[@doglife6193]

I like how the stargazers eyes were just only sticking out