2003- My friend and I were on a dock late at night and we pointed a flash light into puget sound and a bunch of polychaete worms came up! We didn’t know what they were so thanks for making this beautiful video!
Hi there! There are two dive shops in town that regularly offer open water courses (with drysuit certification included) - Nanaimo Dive Outfitters, and Sink or Swim. If you give them a call, they will let you know prices and how to sign up! I hope you and your daughter can get certified, because the diving around here is incredible! Cheers!
That was great Max! I recognized some of the octo dens, haha! Loved the anchovy school footage and that little lumpsucker! Great video, lots of work editing!
Good stuff Max! I’m partial to wrecks, the Saskatchewan looks amazing! I haven’t had the pleasure yet but it’s on my list! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to your next video!
Yes, the Saskatchewan is definitely a beautiful wreck with lots of life on it! It even has a nice cloud sponge. I had seen a squat lobster in there but didn't have enough NDL to film it. Thanks for watching 😊
Most of this footage was filmed with a gopro 8, but I have since upgraded the the gopro 11. If you plan on diving in cold water, or deep, it's important to have some good video lights as well.
This footage is a compilation from shallow dives all the way down to 110 feet. I mostly dive around Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Port Alberni, and Campbell River.
Wow, lots of stuff you don't see if any of in dive videos. I appreciate the IDs. Nice work! I listened to enough of the narration to know that it is informative, but the background music forced me to turnoff sound :( I've never found back background music behind, or in this care, over narration, to be helpful.
Depends where you are on the island. In Victoria, there is the Ogden Point breakwater. In Nanaimo there are some awesome boat dives including 3 shipwrecks (Rivtow, Saskatchewan, and Cape Breton), Snake Island wall, and Clark Rock. In Nanoose, there is Madrona (big and small wall), Oak Leaf, Wallbeach, Tyee, and Dolphin. In Port Alberni, there is the migrant shipwreck at China Creek and a wall. And of course, there is some excellent boat diving in Barkley Sound through Rendezvous Dive Adventures, Campbell River through Abyssal Diving Charters, and a few companies up north island. As for dive shops in Nanaimo, there is Nanaimo Dive Outfitters, Sink or Swim, and Sundown Diving.
Awesome catalogue of our local marine life, well produced video. What camera and photo light/s are you running? If you loose an item of value drop a GPS pin and contact me. -> Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
@@scubamax I have the Olympus Tough tg-7 but haven’t purchased the underwater housing or the kracken snoot dive light for macro photography and back scatter rig.
Are you a scuba diver and do you wear wetsuit and dive gloves and dive hood and dive boots and dive fins and dive mask and scuba tank and bcd and regulator to breath from and how dose it feel to breath underwater with scuba regulator
Yes, I am a scuba diver. When I dive in Canada, I wear a drysuit with dry gloves, neoprene hood, boots, fins, dive mask, scuba tank, BCD, and regulator. Breathing underwater takes a while to get use to but once you start feeling comfortable, it's an incredibly peaceful feeling :)
@@sashavoitoff7514 I actually initially got certified in the Florida Keys, but I have done other levels of training at Sink or Swim Dive Shop in Nanaimo, BC.
@@scubamax can i wear wetsuit and dive gloves and dive hood and dive boots and dive fins and dive mask and scuba tank and bcd and regulator to breath from and breath underwater for warm water diving what Country can i go scuba diving for warm water
2003- My friend and I were on a dock late at night and we pointed a flash light into puget sound and a bunch of polychaete worms came up! We didn’t know what they were so thanks for making this beautiful video!
There are so many species of worms in our waters! They aren't even all identified in ID books! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
great video!
Thank you!
I have often heard the Pacific Pacific Northwest has very colourful and interesting underwater life. It was wonderful to see it for the first time.
Yes, these waters are very surprisingly colourful! Glad you enjoyed the video 😃
good video. 200 dives. wow
Thank you! Hoping to hit 300 dives soon 😃
Cool videos.. How would you recommend my daughter and I getting into scuba diving? We're in Nanaimo as well..👍
Hi there! There are two dive shops in town that regularly offer open water courses (with drysuit certification included) - Nanaimo Dive Outfitters, and Sink or Swim. If you give them a call, they will let you know prices and how to sign up! I hope you and your daughter can get certified, because the diving around here is incredible! Cheers!
That was great Max! I recognized some of the octo dens, haha! Loved the anchovy school footage and that little lumpsucker! Great video, lots of work editing!
Thanks Carl! It took quite a bit of time to edit, but was a lot of fun! :)
Beautiful Footage!
Thank you 😊
Incredible, thank you!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Very interesting, informative, and entertaining. An impressive amount of terrific video within a single year. Thanks for 'taking us along'!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😊 It was really fun to go through all the footage and remember how lucky I was to see all those things last year!
Thank you, that was very entertaining and well done.
@@mddc. thanks 😊
Great footage and commentary, awesome video!
Thank you :)
Good stuff Max! I’m partial to wrecks, the Saskatchewan looks amazing! I haven’t had the pleasure yet but it’s on my list! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to your next video!
Yes, the Saskatchewan is definitely a beautiful wreck with lots of life on it! It even has a nice cloud sponge. I had seen a squat lobster in there but didn't have enough NDL to film it. Thanks for watching 😊
great video! Watched til the spiny lumpsucker!
Thank you 😊
I would have fed the green crab to the octopus! Great video max
hahaha good idea! Next time ;)
@@scubamax give em a taste
Gorgeous videography! (And I have a sweet mohawk haircut, too!)
Thank you 😊 You and the decorated warbonnet have something in common then haha 😊😆
wow, funs!
Thanks :)
Wait, we (your neighbor to the south) have the biggest octopus in the world, too. 🐙👀
You must be pretty lucky then, GPOs are the coolest! 😉🐙
@scubamax were only 100-200 miles apart, and the animals seem to cross the border freely 😆
Great video 🙌
@@AddAdventures haha yes, animals know no borders! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you :)
Super cool! what camera do you use underwater? I just got open water certified and I'm hoping to get into underwater videography
Most of this footage was filmed with a gopro 8, but I have since upgraded the the gopro 11. If you plan on diving in cold water, or deep, it's important to have some good video lights as well.
Cool video! What is the water temperature there?
Thank you! The temperature ranges from mid 40s to low 50s in winter, and low 50s to low 60s in summer. Definitely requires a drysuit.
How deep are you and whereabouts off the island are you?
This footage is a compilation from shallow dives all the way down to 110 feet. I mostly dive around Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Port Alberni, and Campbell River.
Is the intro from Gabriola?
No, but close! In Nanaimo :)
Wow, lots of stuff you don't see if any of in dive videos. I appreciate the IDs. Nice work! I listened to enough of the narration to know that it is informative, but the background music forced me to turnoff sound :( I've never found back background music behind, or in this care, over narration, to be helpful.
Do you have any favourite dive sites? And recommended dive shops?
Depends where you are on the island. In Victoria, there is the Ogden Point breakwater. In Nanaimo there are some awesome boat dives including 3 shipwrecks (Rivtow, Saskatchewan, and Cape Breton), Snake Island wall, and Clark Rock. In Nanoose, there is Madrona (big and small wall), Oak Leaf, Wallbeach, Tyee, and Dolphin. In Port Alberni, there is the migrant shipwreck at China Creek and a wall. And of course, there is some excellent boat diving in Barkley Sound through Rendezvous Dive Adventures, Campbell River through Abyssal Diving Charters, and a few companies up north island. As for dive shops in Nanaimo, there is Nanaimo Dive Outfitters, Sink or Swim, and Sundown Diving.
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Awesome catalogue of our local marine life, well produced video. What camera and photo light/s are you running?
If you loose an item of value drop a GPS pin and contact me. -> Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
Thank you! I am using a GoPro hero 11 with 2 x 2,000 lumens sola video lights.
@@scubamax I have the Olympus Tough tg-7 but haven’t purchased the underwater housing or the kracken snoot dive light for macro photography and back scatter rig.
@@SeattleRingHunter Oh that will be fun once you are all set up :)
what month were these dives?
Throughout the year, but mostly winter.
Are you a scuba diver and do you wear wetsuit and dive gloves and dive hood and dive boots and dive fins and dive mask and scuba tank and bcd and regulator to breath from and how dose it feel to breath underwater with scuba regulator
Yes, I am a scuba diver. When I dive in Canada, I wear a drysuit with dry gloves, neoprene hood, boots, fins, dive mask, scuba tank, BCD, and regulator. Breathing underwater takes a while to get use to but once you start feeling comfortable, it's an incredibly peaceful feeling :)
@@scubamax what dive shop In canada did you do your scuba training
@@sashavoitoff7514 I actually initially got certified in the Florida Keys, but I have done other levels of training at Sink or Swim Dive Shop in Nanaimo, BC.
@@scubamax can i wear wetsuit and dive gloves and dive hood and dive boots and dive fins and dive mask and scuba tank and bcd and regulator to breath from and breath underwater for warm water diving what Country can i go scuba diving for warm water
@@sashavoitoff7514 yes, as long as you get a proper open water certification. You can dive in any country that has water really.
Didn't like the drum in the music so i had to turn the volume down then i couldn't hear you. Subtitles?
If you click on the CC button on the bottom right, it will provide subtitles. Hopefully that helps :)
Video really good, music annoying.
@ianmorrison9480 Thanks. It is hard to get good music without copyright issues. Glad you liked the video regardless of the music.