Scuba diving in the Fiji islands in the south Pacific ocean. Underwater caves, deep blue clear water, scuba divers, sea snakes, and colorful coral reefs exploding with tropical fish and other marine life.
This footage was shot while working as video pro on board the excellent liveaboard, Nai’a (http://www.naia.com.fj/). Here is a full listing of shots and subjects:
00:28 Scuba diver at mouth of underwater cave, Lion’s Den, Wakaya Island, Fiji
00:42 Scuba divers in silhouette at E6, Bligh Water, Fiji
00:54 Scuba divers explore underwater wall at Lion’s Den, Wakaya Island
01:14 Bigeye Trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, at “Grand Central Station, North Save-a-Tack passage, Namena Marine Reserve
01:50 Banded sea krait, Laticauda colubrina, (also known as a yellow-lipped sea krait or banded sea snake) at Jim’s Alley, Gau Island
02:42 Coral reef covered in Dendronephthya soft corals and colorful tropical fish at “Maytag”, Vatu-i-ra barrier reef
03:35 A pair of Pacific sailfin tang, Zebrasoma veliferum
04:13 Reef covered in yellow leather corals, Sarcophyton elegans, at Coral Corner, Vatu-i-ra barrier reef
My previous video, “Dakuwaqa’s Garden”, was cut fast, to the beat of the music, and contained about 100 clips in 5 minutes. This video contains just 8 of my favorite shots from that video, slowed down to 50% speed and cut much longer, accompanied by the ambient music track “Brace For Impact” by Skanoir (http://audiojungle.net/user/Skanoir).
The underwater footage was shot in high definition HDV 1080i 60i with my Sony HVR-Z1P HDV camera in a Light & Motion Bluefin HD housing. The footage was converted to 720p for YouTube using my high quality method:
http://www.bubblevision.com/underwater-video/Vegas-YouTube-Vimeo.htm
Dakuwaqa is a shark-god from Fijian mythology. Learn about him at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEHydvbCeVg
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Duration : 0:5:10
Raja Ampat, or Four Kings, resides at the very heart of what is sometimes called a coral triangle, referring to the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste that contain at least 500 species of reef-building corals in each ecoregion. Raja Ampat archipelago comprises of over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo. It is a part of the newly named Papua province of Indonesia which was formerly called Irian Jaya. I had an honor of visiting this pristine environment in February 2010 onboard MV Pindito liveaboard. M/V Pindito and its amazing crew took us to dive the sites that simply took our breath away. Manta rays, wobbegong sharks, walking sharks, amazing schools of baitfish, rays, sweetlips, and abundance microlife including ever present pygmy seahorses in this one of the worlds most biodiverse areas made this trip a pure enjoyement!
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At the end of our dive, just before re-entering the boat, a group of 15 dolphins shows up and are willing to play. Resulting in exiting 4 minutes and great video!
Scuba photos of my 2005 trip to Key West, and 2006 trip to Key Largo.
Cooper and his buddy Renato, the scientist studying him for being the only chimp in the world to go under water, and now scuba dive!
Meet the world’s only scuba diving cat
More: Ani-Pock.Blogspot.Com
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