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Dispatches from the WILD SEA

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It feels like autumn this week. Can’t wait for t It feels like autumn this week. Can’t wait for the epic visibility days to come. You photographers know the creative potential is limitless when vis opens beyond 30ft!! 📸🙌
She dances when no one is watching. She dances when no one is watching.
Just some nereocystis bobbing on the top of the oc Just some nereocystis bobbing on the top of the ocean. Shot this during a surface swim from Monastery to Granite Point.
PSA: Know the ocean and know your limits. This is PSA: Know the ocean and know your limits. This is the first dive I’ve aborted in a long time. Video in slide 3, but the summary is that I was hanging on to bull kelp in a current while trying not to take huge fried egg jellyfish to the face as they flew by, emerging from a dark green brown red tide at the last second. Then the long period sets would throw me over the pinnacle well beyond the 5-6ft vis and safety of the kelp. Figured between the current running towards a section of coast I didn’t want to “explore” and long period surge at depth in dark low vis, the safest move was to surface and kick hard back towards the bay (my predetermined exit point) while avoiding the waves breaking at the downcurrent point. Know the ocean and know your limits. Still shot a few photos of course 😬🤘
Searching for the ocean’s secrets below an eerie Searching for the ocean’s secrets below an eerie red tide. [Sound On]
Remote outpost # 57 Remote outpost # 57
It’s a wild wild world. It’s a wild wild world.
Surface views after diving a healthy bull kelp for Surface views after diving a healthy bull kelp forest off the Sonoma coast.
I set my camera down for just a minute with these I set my camera down for just a minute with these clowns and they start taking selfies!
The rhythm reverberates in our bones. The rhythm reverberates in our bones.
Out beyond the breaking surf the surge presses kel Out beyond the breaking surf the surge presses kelp blades up and down as if it has traveled one thousand miles. I drift at peace with the rhythm, looking low to see the stars.
Looking through the window into a world of wonder. Looking through the window into a world of wonder. This was a quick snap while @shaunwolfephoto moved into position to film our next video shot. Check out the Dive Local highlight in my profile to view the full @scubapro video.
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