THE GLOWING BIO BAY IN VIEQUES PUERTO RICO
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2016
- Mosquito Bay or Bio Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico is an amazing place. It is the brightest glowing bioluminescent bay in the world. I jumped on a few kayak tours during the night of a new moon and saw this incredible light show.
Honestly, it was more amazing that I imagined. I had read a review or two, but wasn't sure if it was worth the trip to the island. It was. The bay is extremely bright, and until now, it was very hard to capture on camera. I recently picked up a Sony a7s which is a beast in low light, and was impressed with that it could capture. This has rarely ever been caught on Camera.
The government is doing a good job at keeping this place pristine. In some areas of the world you can jump in, splash around, use gasoline engines, and generally just destroy the ecosystem these little guys live in. Here in Vieques, Puerto Rico, you are not allowed to swim, or use gasoline. Nearby light pollution has to be kept to a minimum, and there give Bio Bay some days off now and again to recover. This is probably why it remains the brightest in the world. High Five for sustainable eco tourism. I wish everywhere was this forward thinking.
This was one of my best travel experiences. Like I said, it's worth the trip!
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There's no place like home, Puerto Ricooooooo!
i called theme sea firefly.
GO PUERTO RICOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have no idea how many beautiful secrets my islan holds, it is the most beautiful and amazing place in the entire world. I love Puerto Rico🌴❤
Sailors who traveled the known world called Puerto Rico the island of enchantment for a reason. Love our island, love our food, our diversity, our culture, our music. Why you think we so prideful lol. Yo soy boricua!! Pa'que TU LO SEPAS!
La verdad es que es encantadora!
I've been there twice! I saw this. It's absolutely breathtaking! The Rain Forrest too. It's so beautiful!
What are some other amazing things to checkout??? I’m planning a trip!
Yes indeed. Our ‘Isla del Encanto’ is beyond fabulous! Wepa! 😊🌹♥️🇵🇷
My Dad was an American diver. At 45 ( 20 years ago) he moved here to live & dive. He died because of accident related to diving. But at least he did what he loved❤ experiences over possessions ❤ I love watching this.. it makes me smile.
i love my island so beautiful! que viva puerto rico.
It's a beautiful place!
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My Wife and I visited beautiful Puerto Rico and Vieques 2 years ago. We loved its beautiful scenery and its beautiful people. We are very grateful to have had such a special experience there.
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Puerto Rico have 3 bioluminescent bays, La Parguera en Lajas, Launa Grande en Fajardo and Bahía Mosquito en Vieques.
Would love to go back and see the others. Have you been there?
Mike Corey I have! All of them are beautiful, but the Mosquito Bay have the biggest concentration of this microorganism. You should return to the Island and visit all of them and other amazing places that this place have. 😊
Fui a la parguera, fue algo increíble
fui a bahia mosquito es precioso.
pero la camara no capta eso.
Mosquito Bay is the best on the planet. This video was taken around when there were 750,000 dinoflagellates per gallon. After hurricane Maria the numbers jumped to over 2 million. It’s better now than it ever has been! You can easily capture video and photos on your iPhone 11 or higher.
Absolutely phenomenal experience. It will forever be engrained in my fond memories. Planned a trip on a new moon and got lucky enough to find a tour guide with no other bookings. A real personal and out of this world experience. Seeing a sand shark literally glow neon blue underneath my kayak was spectacular. Very blessed for the experience and recommend it to everyone, if it’s still a viable activity.
YES! My lovely Puerto Rico !!!
Me too!
This is the first video I've seen that actually shows it! Thank you! I can't wait to go back!
+Yadira Laguerre Took some video ninja skills, but so happy I could capture it!
It's beautiful! Magical! 😍😍😍
It issssss!
Thanks for the wonderful video of my beloved Puerto Rico. I'm using it in all my Puerto Rico Guides. Thank you and keep creating wonderful content.
Wow! Amazing! Yes, it’s like magic. I would love to visit this place. 😊Thanks, MikMik, for sharing this.
My 15 yr old daughter just experienced this with her dad this week! I have heard if it but had to look it up and found your video. She wants to be a marine biologist so this was beyond exciting for her! It's on MY bucket list now. Such fascinating creatures in our world!
It is really hard to believe they are that bright! Happy they had a good time!
WOW!!!
I wonna go and see this, and also explore the city. Thanks for sharing!!!
I have been to Vieques couple of times back in the 90s and it is precious. Seeing is believing. 🇵🇷🙂
I'm having goosebumps rn. It's so amazing! 😍
My mothers family is from that island, I went there so many times as a child. However, moved to the states for 20 years, I went back and it was definitely magical all over again, I cried. You become one with the universe…truly!
Went there in '89, unbelievable, one of the most amazing experiences we've ever had, swimming at midnight with sepadarated fingers and 10 streams of fire between our fingers, mind blowing.
I went there in 1994. It's the most amazing thing you have ever seen!
This is amazing!!! Thank you for sharing this! Now it's on my bucket list to see. :)
Thanks for your visit and show to the world that Our Island have a lot to offer, including one of our bioluminicent bay!!
Did you see the other video about diving the Pier?
not yet, but I will!!
OMG! That's amazing!!!!!!!! That's a place I need to visit before I die, I love it.
I've been there twice! I saw this. It's absolutely breathtaking! If you go there, go to the Rain Forrest too. It's so beautiful!
Was there many years ago and will never forget night starry skies.On a tour a small group went for a dip in the waters. I was neon clise all the way back to the hotel. Must do bucket list adventure. Memorable and romantic.
omg!!! mike thanks so much for showing the beauty of my island, Puerto Rico!!! you're more than welcome to come back and enjoy other beautiful places in here, and of course the food, folklore and just have fun... Blessings to you, Josh and Cody!!!
I can't wait to go back!
May I know does the sea always glow? Cause I want to take my mother to see this magical sea!!!
WOW! Not enough words to describe
Beautiful. I bet that was an amazing experience!
What combination of camera/ lenses did you use in order to capture this extremely low light images...
So amazing what nature can do
+Sarah N Very true! It was like a scene from Avatar
I cant believe you were able to catch these images. I went to college and Puerto Rico and I was able to travel to Vieques a couple of times and the Bio is just truly amazing. Wow! (FYI your video with Ale was hilarious). Subscribed!
Thanks Tania. I couldn't believe my eyes when I was there.
Thank you so much for this. it means a lot to be able to have video to show people how amazing the bay is and what it was like when we saw it.
+Ravedave5 It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
❤ great video Mike. Just like I remembered it. I was a little afraid kayaking in the bay at night but it was definitely worth it.
Thank you. It is a must see !!!!
That's so amazing you we're able to capture the glow of the bay on the A7S! I've been there before but have never been able to show how cool it was. You video definitely captures the amazement! Great job!
+Luke's HomeTube (LukesHomeTube) We had some great nights too. Really paid off to go on the new moon. It was dark out there!
That was beautiful, mi islita del encanto🌺🇵🇷🌺🇵🇷🌺
My island is so beautiful 😍 thanks for the video
That's the most breathtakingly beautiful things I've ever experienced!!!
i started crying 😞 i miss puerto rico so much my home my island lord look how beautiful and the song of coquis dios mio thank you for posting this💖 reminds me of how beautiful this island will always be
Yo, honestly hearing talked about The Bio,Vieques PR and me looking the images it did touched my heart🇵🇷
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thanks for presenting such a wonderful place and thumbs up for great editing.
I couldn't believe it wasn't more well known. Most likely because it's so hard to capture.
I have to go here! Thanks for the video and idea!
Wowww AMAZING!! Great video
Vieques is seriously an underrated place, my entire family was there for my uncles wedding and it was the best vacation I’ve ever had! Wish i could go back there every year, one of the coolest and most unique places in the western world!
It's truly magical ✨️ 💖
This is beautiful. I kept smiling all throughout :)
Take care Mikmik! Much love from Philippines!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for the reply... God bless you!
Star Timelapse!! Yeah buddy. Love the low light captures too man. Solid stuff!! Great video.
Haha gotta add a few time lapses. Thanks Greg, hope I can catch you again this year!
wow, that is way cooler than I expected im going there soon!
It's incredible there!
Absolutely, Amazing ! Magical !!!!!
It's a special place!
That was amazing! I have witnessed the same bioluminescent planktons here in the Philippines, specifically in Palawan. Too bad I didn't have a camera with good enough power to record this awesome phenomenon. As always, great content Mike!
The first time I saw them I was in Indonesia and it blew my mind. Thanks man!
I went there with some friends and it's one of the most beautiful experiences. I felt like a kid.
so glad you captured the bioluminescence!! Swam in a bioluminescence water in Grand Cayman but couldn't film it so it was awesome to see it through your lens. Thanks for sending me here Raya!
Simplemente espectacular
Thanks for the video! Just went to bio bay and your video nailed it! I share your video so my
Friends and family can see what it was like!
Thank you. I tried to make it as close to the experience as possible
Wow, now that place is definitely in my bucket list 😍
It was maaaaaagic
Okay young man, you and your videos are the very best I have ever seen!! I am making it my mission to pass your channel along to all I know ( which really isn't to many ) and asking them to pass along this link to share you with all those they know.......you have a gift with that face and personality, then you top it off with AMAZING videography and such great editing skills.......wow. THANK YOU!!!!
This is the nicest thing I have read in a while. Hugs Stacy, thank you!
Awesome video! We are going in December. Can't wait!!!
It will be a great trip!
The Bio Bay is an absolute must!! If you guys do this when you go in December, a tip to make the experience better is to see if you can find a company that offers clear canoes. They are a few extra bucks but totally worth it. We rented one and it was seriously the most amazing thing I had ever seen in my entire life!! It felt like we were floating on billions of bright blue diamonds!! We've been to Vieques four times and fell in love with it during our first trip. A great place to vacation for sure. The locals are some of the most polite and friendliest people we've ever met. So kind and geniune. During a Friday or Saturday night locals all join up on the Esperanza Strip and play music and dance. There are little tents set up with people selling local things too. So much fun!! Vieques is amazing!!
We went here for our honey moon! You captured it so perfectly on your video! It looks just like this in real life! So so incredible. Great video!
It really is amazing!
I went here it is really awesome and its really magical
Beautiful!!☺
+Fabiola Loría Thank you!
Woah man! I could play with this plancton in Indonesia. We were on the boat, near Komodo, and these things glowed amazingly, but not as much as this!! Incredible Mike. Incredible!! Greetings from the Basque Country.
PD: I knew this was with the a7s! It is my next camera :D
+Dabid Arriola By the way, I never knew that the scenes portayed in "Life of Pi" or "The Beach" could be so real... But it is possible :O
+Dabid Arriola Amazing right?? I had seen it a few times before, but not like this. I didn't think it ever be this bright.
***** Yep. I thought it was Hollywood license hahaha!
Beautiful
Wounderful Thank you 🙏 You inspired me to write children 👶 book about Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 & This is beautiful 🤩. I am Crystal from Arabia Thank you
We're planning to go to PR in May and your video is making us so excited!!! Just subscribed to your channel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
+Manshu Adventures Thanks guys :)
Outrageously well done. Shared on fb. I'm very happy with my Olympus OM-D, but lusting for Sony.
+Emil Cheers Emil. Thank you for that!
very cool vid - that is the 1st time I have seen a vid capture what Bio Bay is actually like. Nice camera work. My 1st time there was in the early 90's when you could still swim in the bay....mind blowing. I went again many years later when conditions of the bay weren't so great and it was disappointing. It sounds like the Bay is healthy. I'm going to VQS in a few weeks with the family and friends - I've got to get this hooked up ASAP.
+mike costas Yeah! They have been saying since they banned swimming and power boats about a decade ago the concentration has skyrocketed. Would've loved to get a swimming shot, but respect the reasons why it had to be banned. Also grateful you're still allowed to kayak and put your hands in!
Beautiful.
Nature is beautiful ❤️
Hadouken! haha incredible, pioneering work on that one. Well done!
+Daniel Blais Hahaha we had fun with that at the end!
💗💖❤️ it’s magical💕
im puerto rican and i neverknew this thing even existed thal you very much for showing me that my island is special
Amazing ❤️❤️❤️
i love this video... the blueminiscent😍😍
wow it's stunning
espero que te haya gustado tu estadía en Puerto Rico
Wow that was insane !
Looks awesome 👌🏼
+Dennis Zubov It was like fantasy. I'd never seen anything like it.
I went there about a week ago doing the same thing it’s so cool!
Great Video! I showed this video as a support material for my daughter's book report in bioluminescence. Kids were mesmerized. I am from Puerto Rico and haven't yet gone to Vieques because of its remoteness, which is good for preservation. La Parguera, more accesible by boat in the west PR, used to be so bright when I was a kid but in my last two visits its not so bright even in low moon light. : ( I hear the one in Fajardo is accesible by Kayak.
what an unreal experience
+teehtravel It really is an amazing place.
That looks absolutly amazing! What kind of camera did you use to capture the bioluminesence?
+ana karina gourmeitte This was on a Sony a7s!
We have 3 bio bays in PR. Mosquito Bay is awesome!💓🇵🇷💓
thats soo coool dude, i wish i was there but am too busy working my life away. So glad you get to travel. I wish i could travel somewhere with my family to japan, any travel dieos to finland, amsterdam, japan tokyo, singapore, new zelanad. I would love some ideas where to go , stay, eat in my chosen destinations. Planning a trip for next year but am saving up.
just went last week and I must say it's one of the most beautiful experience I have ever had. Make sure you take the right camera!
I’ll share your channel with my family 🌈☀️شكرا
Wao!! Wao!!! Too beautifull!!😀😀
One of my Favorite adventures
My husband and I just went there last month and the “dino” concentration was the highest it has ever been! It was amazing! Great job capturing it on video. We couldn’t lol
wow so kool someday ill go
this video = everything.
love it.
Thanks :) Hope you're well Amanda!
I've been here :) I remember the tour guide saying that the bio creatures can only create light once every 30 min which I thought was amazing
This is so damn cool!! Great video!
It was MEGA cool!
What camera did you use to capture it?
What an incredible experience! So glad that you could capture it with your camera! I just came here from Raya's channel and I'm so happy I did! You have a new subscriber from Vancouver 🇨🇦
+Shannon S Hi Shannon! Thanks for stopping by :) Happy to meet another Canadian!!
What great memories you brought us, Rick. I was stationed on Vieques when the US Marines had a small logistics base there. While it was an unaccompanied base (the military would not transport your family to the camp,) the commanding officer allowed us to bring our families down and live on the economy. This year was to be one of the best years of our lives. We sailed, shelled, Scuba dove, and had many picnics on "blue beach." We did have to guard our camp as "cowboys'" would raid ours picnics. Thanks, again, for the memories!
We made many dives on the bay at night. Plus, We can remember shelling in the bay and a big shark swam in and out of the limited visibility.
You guys also helped destroy the island by leaving unexplored ordinance everywhere, and giving the residents cancer.
Awesome, I am from PR and I never been there!!! I would love to go😍
Doooo it. It's incredible.
Nice Street Fighter references at the end. HADUKEN! Shryuken!
Im super lucky, I experienced this tonight! In my home town brisbane. Was amazing site to see! And yes this couldnt show on my mobiles camera. (Caboolture area, australia qld.)
Such a beautiful place and the footage did it justice. Do you think I could capture it with a A6300? How high did you have to bump the ISO for this footage?
It really is like magic
I went there today it was so cool
wow that's awesome
It's beautiful there.
AMAZING!!!!
Been there bad ass expeshaly flying fish where the capitan smacks the fish to cook later in the trip damm great experience i love Puerto Rico ❤