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This was September 14th, 2024 - back to back boat, so 4 dives total. Gotta love those epic days!

I have yet to swim with dolphins! I really want to. I have to think you're right, and it would be similar! It's always such an amazing experience to see large creatures in the water. To see this young seal so playful and curious was so much fun. We'll often see them at night (when it seems they're using our lights to hunt) but this summer I've had several encounters with this juvenile (I think it's the same one) during the day as well. I'm hoping they stick around :)

Thanks for watching! The video "What do you see down there?! California Scuba Diving" is episode 1 of this series - though I didn't know it at the time! Going forward, this is how I'll label videos with longer cuts and ambient sound. I like doing complex edits (in fact, I was busy working on one before getting this footage yesterday), but I also want to have a way to share these awesome swimming-through-the-kelp-forest experience-type clips that don't fit well into that format (and just end up sitting on my hard drive 😅) Heading to Oahu to see my brother early next month, holler if you want to dive!

Haha, I was chomping at the bit! And surprisingly, nobody minded me jumping the line to be right after the divemaster 😉 🤣

@@divewithbrittany if you ever make it to Big Island there is a pretty great tiger shark shore dive I'd be happy to show you.

Thanks, Paul! I kind of assumed it was some sort of tube anemone, but hadn't looked it up. Another new one to me was the Ewa Fangblenny at 1:40

I had to learn a vast number of new Hawaiian critters after diving most of my life Laguna/catalina, which was fun. @@divewithbrittany

Agree! I loved seeing Kevin and the turtle looking at each other and then each going their separate ways. Super cool and respectful 🤙🏻

Yes, I am! You don't need to own all your own gear to go scuba diving, but it makes it a lot more comfortable and easy to go if you do. I usually wear a drysuit instead of a wetsuit, because I like to be toasty warm on longer dives - on this dive my buddy Matt and I stayed down for 80 minutes! The water was "warm" for this time of year here, and was only 60F. Often it will get down to about 54F in the winter/spring. When I took my open water class, we studied the book at home, did one day in the classroom, one day in the pool and then two days in the ocean. Breathing underwater feels amazing. I still remember the first time I got to breathe underwater. We did a Discover Scuba Diving and it was in a pool, but still so cool. I love the feeling of being weightless too and seeing all the creatures down there is what keeps me going again and again - you never know what you're going to see!

@@divewithbrittany what do i need for warm water diving

Haha, that's what Matt thought! And I agree! One of my favorite things to do on a calmish day - hunker down while the set goes over and then free ride all the way to the end :) I don't usually get it on video, but it definitely gets dark when a wave goes over and makes the Champagne room live up to its name.

Yep! All those things, though several of us were wearing drysuits instead of wetsuits :)

I am not sure about the legality of it, but as we were wearing drysuits, I wasn’t about to find out! 😂

Glad you enjoyed it! We definitely had a lot of fun :)

Thanks for watching! Other than the local islands, Laguna has some of the best diving in SoCal.... but still, our summertime visibility averages about 10-15ft. Sunday was about 25-30, so we were actually super happy 😁. Beach Cities Scuba is the local dive shop.

@@divewithbrittany definitely going to have to check out the shop! My family is originally from SoCal and have always wanted to move back. Laguna is definitely top of the list of places to visit and this video got me so much more pumped!

Thanks, Paul! Yeah, conditions were beautiful (much better than the only other time I've dove over there). It was a very fun trip and made me want to do it again soon.

Brittany Lockhart I used to camp on Anacapa thru “Island Packers”. Sheep tanks and kayaks. Could kayak/scuba from landing platform and both could be epic depending on conditions. Some amazing sea caves and arches nearby landing.

Yeah, he was just out in the middle of the day, pretty awesome. Thank you!

Brittany Lockhart any pointers on diving this area? That’s a pretty long trek from the parking lot isn’t it?

Longer than Crescent or Shaw's, yeah. I have only dove it twice, I think. Both times we dove the Reef Point area, with the reef on your right going out and left coming back.

Brittany Lockhart thank you so much🤙

Hi Jimmy! Thanks for watching! I don't have any how-to videos yet, but you are not the first person to tell me I should make one, so I will look into that :-). I was starting to type my thoughts on gear configuration here... but I think it will be too long and this isn't the best place for it, so I will work on making a video or some other way to make that available. So, short(er) version: GoPro Hero 5 with Super Suit and 3-Way mount attached to a retractor on my BCD. No filters, for close up I use direct lighting, for shots where there is a lot of water I have been adjusting in post. Light is a hand-mounted Sola Dive 2500 Spot/Flood (always set to Flood mode for video) Editing I have been doing in DaVinci Resolve. It is a professional grade software that is free. Good news: it can do anything you want it to do (and it's free). Bad news: it can do a whole lot of things you don't need, which makes the user interface difficult to get used to. It is designed for professionals, not the average person, so plan on spending some time on RUclips learning how to get around in there. I really like the videos these guys do: ruclips.net/user/LearnColorGrading. I hope that is helpful. I will work on making a video that passes along the lessons I have learned (so far). Again, thanks for watching!

Brittany Lockhart thank you for getting back so quickly. I will definitely check out the link, much appreciated.

True! I can't wait to get back out to Catalina again. Hopefully soon.... I still remember being surrounded by all those GSB. Good times! :-)

Brittany Lockhart I’m on the Big Island these days but hope to visit family in So Cal in the Fall. PDT. Prime Dive Time.

Awesome! We did see quite a few lobster....but none that looked legal to me. Lot's of little ones, though! It is definitely cool to see the abalone coming back, too.