What Weird Creatures Live At Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida? BEST OCEAN ENCOUNTER OF MY LIFE!
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- This was the best ocean encounter of my life!
In this episode, I go scuba diving and exploring for crazy sea creatures both big and small, at one of Bali’s most popular beaches, Crystal Bay on Nusa Penida. We explore the shallows and the deeper water, and find a tonne of crazy creatures including barracuda, frogfish, seahorses, nudibranchs and heaps of colourful reef fish.
If you’re a lover of the ocean and small things that swim (or walk, crawl, float, roll?), you don’t want to miss this one…
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In this series I’m going on the hunt for the craziest looking creatures in the Indo-Pacific. If you love learning about the underwater world, and want to learn a thing or two about some of its stranger residents, go check out the other videos in this series…
Marvelous video once again! I loved it. That shot of the dolphin rising up to the surface was so good!!
Thank you, sir!! Dolphin encounter was soooo cool. Super happy I managed to get some good footage of it as well. I've had some great encounters with dolphins before, but usually they're a little too far away or don't hang around long enough for me to get good video. I'll be heading back to this spot at some point though - lots of big stuff in the blue there (including a white shark in 2019!!). Are you preferring these vids or the shark cam ones?
Both types of videos are very cool I think. I'd prefer if you continued both kinds of videos. And there are still some species missing from your hitlist of your earlier videos, right? I couldn't really say what i would prefer if I had to chose between one of the two. I really like the narrated dives like in this video, but on the other hand the baitcages can attract those rare species like the thesher shark in one of your early videos, you know? Sorry, I know that's probably not very helpful.
@@helgo719 yes, still hundreds of species missing from the hit list!! I've got another baited camera video coming out on Tuesday that I think you'll like. It's a bit longer and a bit of a different vibe to the other ones - I'd love your thoughts on it. I love dropping the baited cameras so definitely plan on still mixing up the videos!
@@barnydillarstone Alright! I’m looking forward to tuesday then!
Barny you are the KING of the ocean! 👑
That little seahorse was soooo sweet, I can't handle the cuteness. And dolphin HYPE🐬!!
Those wide shots of you under the sea were magical and your genuine excitement is everything.
The seahorse was awesome! They're usually quite hard to spot but this one was incredibly easy to find on the sand. Very difficult to film a dark seahorse against white sand, though!! Glad you liked the new shots on the 360 camera; I bought it last month and I LOVE it. Still playing around with it but managing to find some cool angles. Are you preferring these to the shark cam vids?
@@barnydillarstone I love seeing you interact with the critters and your reactions. I do also love the shark cam videos too though; when they don't know we are watching. So I think maybe still sprinkle in some secret cam videos here and there. The best of both worlds!
@@enchanted.evergreen sounds like a good plan 👊 next video drops on Tuesday
So envious！ love this video, very well made too 🎉🎉
Thank you thank you!! You'll have to come back and we can dive together 🤞Did you see any of these critters in Tulamben/Amed?
Everything except the cool stuff on this video i.e. dolphins, frogfish, flounder, razorfish 😂😂 yes wanna go back to Bali n dive so bad 😭
@@otome3072 haha I did get very lucky on these dives!! I'm off to Tulamben next week so brace yourself for a load of macro vids. Anything you want me to try and find?
Ahh Crystal Bay… the nostalgia.
Not many divers in the water with you? What do you think caused the dolphin appearances?
The content keeps getting better each video… keep evolving as a creator!
Yep, just us in the water, and to be honest I think that's the reason why the dolphins were about. I imagine they probably go into the bay in the afternoon knowing there won't be many people around, and were probably quite surprised to see us!! I think they were feeding on the razorfish and flounders on the sand. Crossing fingers for some molas, wobbegongs, threshers (and a great white) over the next couple of months 👀 Thanks again for the support bro!!
I know the bay well. Haven't been there for a long time. What happened. Everything is missing. So many corals are missing and so little flora and fauna. I could cry for hours.
A lot of the damage was caused by a flash flood a few years ago that caused the rivers to all burst their banks and flow into the bay. The reef on the south side was hit even harder I think, and is basically just covered in soft corals now. There are some efforts to restore the reef there, but the fact the dolphins still hang around in the bay means it can't be doing too poorly. Molas are still there in season, and there's been some awesome macro sightings recently (blue-ringed octopus, pygmy seahorse). I did see a video yesterday though of a hammerhead swimming around 12 years ago 👀 I would love to have dived it 100 years ago!! When were you here last?
@@barnydillarstone I was last there in 2022 and was shocked. The reef was much better in 2015. I have to search. But I should still have lots of photos. but I'll be there again in 10 days. :-)
@@lichtfang-photography I'd love to see your old pics and videos! Are you over here for a while?
@@barnydillarstone send me an email. then i'll send you photos from there in 2015. i should also have videos.