For anyone who’s been thinking about getting SCUBA certified, this is your sign to go make it happen and explore the world and create your own unforgettable memories.
@@1jazzyphae I bought most of my equipment used over a period of time before taking lessons, total cost for all equipment including a couple of tanks and the lessons was less than 1200$
@@1jazzyphae No, don't write it off. It's a great adventure/experience in life even if you don't dive after certification. Get a partner, sign up for lessons. Do it locally or on a vacation. It is a few hundred dollars for the classes and the dive shop provides all the scuba equipment you need! You should own your own mask, fins, snorkel however -- but guaranteed you will want to use them all summer long after the class.
Thanks to The world taking a break on high travel and traffic on land , in nature, and in the oceans, it let’s our creatures and nature bounce back to old migration patterns. Fertility in the areas we needed to see are happening... great stuff...
@@hotlanta35 normal, What’s that? If the food in nature is contaminated and gone... there is no more , not just not normal any longer... you should be saying ... I’m glad we caught it in time...
@@justinmccully8744 if u think we got it in time that’s just not correct, travel is just one more issue compared to all the other things that need to be stopped, food waste, commercial fishing even traveling is not as much of an issue as food waste because food waste is the single largest component sent to landfills creating methane which absolutely isn’t beneficial for our ecosystem, check out “Seaspiracy” on Netflix
@@robherold7253 what’s not correct about it? Did you want to wait longer? Can’t go back in time to stop it..: best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago,,. 2nd best time is right now...
Yeah who cares about the people who lost everything and those who died from other diseases right? As long as you can feel good about the ocean from your air conditioned home powered by fossil fuels while watching videos on your electronics made with rare earth minerals.....
I'm a little confused. Broadnose sevengill sharks (that's the proper name for the one shown in the video) used to be an uncommon sighting in La Jolla, but I was under the impression they had become much, much more common the past 10 years. As for those wreckfish... damn, they were huge! They can get over 8' long, several hundred pounds and they live a very long time in the wild... something like 60-70 years.
Completely forgot about this thread, but my two cents worth is that when I was diving there - about 1972-74, the water was extremely clear. I had done some abalone hunting in and around Bird's Eye Rock before, in the canyons where the current would sweep you 20' in either direction, and was always amazed at how clear the water was there, compared to Oceanside or San Clemente.
you can definitely find sharks if you’re looking for them!! awesome experience with schools of leopard sharks, tope sharks, etc. the sea lions are also awesome!
Have you ever dove Scripps canyon, whats up with the Mount, filling entire width of canyon, at about 500 feet depth ? rises to 45 feet below the surface, taller than the canyon sides.
Scuba question: I'm in my 70s and partially disabled by a neurological disorder; walking requires wearing leg braces and using a cane. Can I learn to scuba with that disability?
I think scuba diving is quite a forgiving sport when it comes to disabilities, however you should gauge the other concerns as well like carrying gear, swimming, and being able to react accordingly in any sort of scenario. If you think you can do all of that effectively, i would say the actual diving and exploring is one of the easiest parts. Good luck! Never too late to start something
@@epicwhaleburger That's the problem I encountered with skydiving. Not strong enough to carry the 'chute back to the hangar, dammit!! And I know those tanks, valves, weights, etc. are heavier than a 'chute. Screwed again. This just SUCKS!
@@krisaaron5771 i would not lose hope, there is so much to diving it would be well worth to reach out to someone you might know, or even contact a local dive shop for scheduling one on one specialized diving training.
Your doctor would need to certify you as physically able to do it.....otherwise no competent instructor would work with you. Get in the pool and start by swimming laps to increase your endurance before you even think about getting into the ocean. Work on maximizing your strengths, first. That should take you about 7-9 months. Your goal is to be able to swim nonstop for an hour - not fast, but at a steady pace.
@@chriscraven9335 Unfortunately that's mostly a myth. They have been found with about a dozen forms of cancer. www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20000405/sharks-cancer-cartilage
All the 7gill i see getting hauled up from.ocean beach pier have exact same black spots up close when we are gutting them they dont rub off or anything its just part of there skin
Just a color pattern like a zebra or a leopard may have. Whale sharks, eagle rays etc all have spots of some kind. I have even seen great whites with blotches.
Just the notion of swimming in a marine park in the Pacific scares the shit out of me. Welcome to the hunting.grounds of every terrifying.sea predator you can think of but have never met in person. Have fun out there. If we don't hear back from you we'll assume things went horribly wrong.
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For anyone who’s been thinking about getting SCUBA certified, this is your sign to go make it happen and explore the world and create your own unforgettable memories.
Ummm who has that type of money during this pandemic? Scuba is literally for rich people😂 let alone a death trap. Heck no.
@@1jazzyphae I bought most of my equipment used over a period of time before taking lessons, total cost for all equipment including a couple of tanks and the lessons was less than 1200$
@@1jazzyphae No, don't write it off. It's a great adventure/experience in life even if you don't dive after certification. Get a partner, sign up for lessons. Do it locally or on a vacation. It is a few hundred dollars for the classes and the dive shop provides all the scuba equipment you need! You should own your own mask, fins, snorkel however -- but guaranteed you will want to use them all summer long after the class.
Its all about what you spend your money on.
I’m gonna wait until I have a stable income, but I’m gonna try it some day :)
The whole coast used to be that way with large fish having uninterrupted breeding.
My grandfather used to tell me about swimming in the Willamette River and actually being able to see fish from the surface of the water.
...and then people ruined it all, right? Except for you.
@@TheUnholyPosole when you become a certified diver then you can have an opinion. Until then shut the fuk up
@@pauljaeger8235 Jaergerist?
@@pauljaeger8235 ...snowflake
Thanks to The world taking a break on high travel and traffic on land , in nature, and in the oceans, it let’s our creatures and nature bounce back to old migration patterns. Fertility in the areas we needed to see are happening... great stuff...
I cant wait until we get back to our normal ways
@@hotlanta35 normal, What’s that? If the food in nature is contaminated and gone... there is no more , not just not normal any longer... you should be saying ... I’m glad we caught it in time...
@@justinmccully8744 if u think we got it in time that’s just not correct, travel is just one more issue compared to all the other things that need to be stopped, food waste, commercial fishing even traveling is not as much of an issue as food waste because food waste is the single largest component sent to landfills creating methane which absolutely isn’t beneficial for our ecosystem, check out “Seaspiracy” on Netflix
@@robherold7253 what’s not correct about it? Did you want to wait longer? Can’t go back in time to stop it..: best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago,,. 2nd best time is right now...
Yeah who cares about the people who lost everything and those who died from other diseases right? As long as you can feel good about the ocean from your air conditioned home powered by fossil fuels while watching videos on your electronics made with rare earth minerals.....
Learned to dive there when I was a kid. It is an amazing place. Body surfing their last summer my daughter and I saw a school of leopard sharks...
Great whites: Yes please do come. We'll have you over for lunch.
I'm allergic to shark bites
Yall have such a bad view on sea animals🤦🏻 for the last time, sharks don’t actively hunt humans.
All whites are great
@@XSL17X Period
Sounds like what the orca is thinking too. Haha
Thank you to all who made this possible. Thanks for posting.
You used to be able to just put your head underwater and see a plethora of sea life there. Any given day was good for snorkeling or diving.
I'm a little confused. Broadnose sevengill sharks (that's the proper name for the one shown in the video) used to be an uncommon sighting in La Jolla, but I was under the impression they had become much, much more common the past 10 years.
As for those wreckfish... damn, they were huge! They can get over 8' long, several hundred pounds and they live a very long time in the wild... something like 60-70 years.
i feel like sevengills have been more common within the past years as well
@@cjcj5050 Thanks for the confirmation! 👍
I've been here on 75 foot plus visibility, it was unreal.
...well I was there when it had 76 feet of visibility.
@@TheUnholyPosole that’s nothing, when I was there it was 77!
78 feet visibility when I went there once.
@@corporatehousing5452 it was 79 for me
Completely forgot about this thread, but my two cents worth is that when I was diving there - about 1972-74, the water was extremely clear. I had done some abalone hunting in and around Bird's Eye Rock before, in the canyons where the current would sweep you 20' in either direction, and was always amazed at how clear the water was there, compared to Oceanside or San Clemente.
La Jolla is a magical place used to go there in the early 1970s when as a young Marine, I was stationed at Camp Pendleton
I used to swim alone thru the cove every night. It was so beautiful and peaceful. I miss this wonderful place with all its sea life.
love la jolla and its always a pleasure when the sharks do too!
I once was escorted back to shore from the yellow buoy by a school of Rays on one rough water swim there. It is a magical place to experience.
That was my favorite dive place in southern California. Never saw sharks but did see sea lions. Kelp beds there are awesome.
@M. L. They do. Really liked them except when they caught me off guard in the Kelp beds.
@M. L. Ospreys majestic birds. Seals so neat when they blow bubbles in the face. And the state fish very inquisitive except in breeding season.
you can definitely find sharks if you’re looking for them!! awesome experience with schools of leopard sharks, tope sharks, etc. the sea lions are also awesome!
Awesome footage
How Zach explains everything so enthusiastically is amazing
La Jolla is a great dive site
at 28 seconds... Robert Pamperin saw some sea-life off Alligator head right behind Shaun... in June of 1959 ... for a few seconds
One of the FEW things I miss about living in SD....the coast (North of Coronado, because sewage) that...and El Gordo
Have you ever dove Scripps canyon, whats up with the Mount, filling entire width of canyon, at about 500 feet depth ? rises to 45 feet below the surface, taller than the canyon sides.
Can you further explain?
Yum, sea bass!
Scuba question: I'm in my 70s and partially disabled by a neurological disorder; walking requires wearing leg braces and using a cane. Can I learn to scuba with that disability?
I think scuba diving is quite a forgiving sport when it comes to disabilities, however you should gauge the other concerns as well like carrying gear, swimming, and being able to react accordingly in any sort of scenario. If you think you can do all of that effectively, i would say the actual diving and exploring is one of the easiest parts. Good luck! Never too late to start something
@@epicwhaleburger That's the problem I encountered with skydiving. Not strong enough to carry the 'chute back to the hangar, dammit!! And I know those tanks, valves, weights, etc. are heavier than a 'chute.
Screwed again. This just SUCKS!
@@epicwhaleburger it's doable. Talk to a competent dive instructor and they can make it happen.
@@krisaaron5771 i would not lose hope, there is so much to diving it would be well worth to reach out to someone you might know, or even contact a local dive shop for scheduling one on one specialized diving training.
Your doctor would need to certify you as physically able to do it.....otherwise no competent instructor would work with you.
Get in the pool and start by swimming laps to increase your endurance before you even think about getting into the ocean. Work on maximizing your strengths, first. That should take you about 7-9 months.
Your goal is to be able to swim nonstop for an hour - not fast, but at a steady pace.
Man will find a way to destroy even this what is left.
They can get along but us land dorks are struggling. 🙄🥴
Yes but they eat each other. Us land animals just stab each other in the back
“Alejandro has prepared a delightful menu for us. chilean sea bass, I believe. Shall we? Spared no expense”
🦕I love you for this 🦖
Lol. I saw what you did there!
dude that black sea bass was huuuuuge
Was there 2 weekend ago👍👍👍
Beautiful place.
Years back I seen someone catch a giant rare Black Sea bass off a pier in CA, he had to release it did t realize how rare it was at the time
Sea bass is yummy
I ❤️ Surfing La Jolla
Why does the shark have black splotches all over it? It looks like a fungus or cancer.
Sharks don't get cancer, or many other illnesses as far as we know
@@chriscraven9335 Unfortunately that's mostly a myth. They have been found with about a dozen forms of cancer.
www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20000405/sharks-cancer-cartilage
@MrSandPants: The black speckles you're referring to, are natural coloration of Broadnose Sevengill Sharks.
All the 7gill i see getting hauled up from.ocean beach pier have exact same black spots up close when we are gutting them they dont rub off or anything its just part of there skin
Just a color pattern like a zebra or a leopard may have. Whale sharks, eagle rays etc all have spots of some kind. I have even seen great whites with blotches.
Im scared to dive but man thats amazing
I saw seals and birdshit.
I smelled them before I saw them.
Very cool clip! Thanks
Spicoli is teaching diving now ?
Pizza is delivered during training if Mr Hand is in the class (revenge for high school).
Those sharks are beautiful
I'm allergic to shark bites
How close is this to the giant toxic waste dump they hid out there?
Are the sea bass I'll tempered?
This is awesome 👍
That is one of my favorite places to swim
Well now everybody guna go there and fish for that and capture them
Nah black sea bass are protected here major fine messing with them fish lol
@@bones2273 you’re a fool if you think every one listens to the rules I fish all the time see people breaking rules almost every time I go
Sea Bass nearly kicked Jim Carrie’s butt.
Imagine if illegal dumping hadn't been done. Bet they would see more dope stuff. They better clean up our oceans for these beautiful creature sakes.
The sharks eye was just like following the camera braaaaaa
I thought the 7 gill shark was only in the Arctic waters.
Just the notion of swimming in a marine park in the Pacific scares the shit out of me. Welcome to the hunting.grounds of every terrifying.sea predator you can think of but have never met in person. Have fun out there. If we don't hear back from you we'll assume things went horribly wrong.
Man dives and finds fish 😮
I’m actually going there this week for my birthday
I love San Diego. But their ocean water is so awful. So cloudy and far from clear.
I wonder if they were ill tempered seabass
Seven gill shark?? In that shallow of water?? Huh... Interesting.
That 7 gill has a funny mouth!!
Too bad that's less than 50 miles from the Largest Toxic Waste dump site ever discovered in our Oceans....
did the millennial just say "ginormous"! the horror,,,
Splice 5 years of diving.. for one commercial.
Eh just fish
Rad
Dude that was gnarly AF.
That water was blue when I was a kid.
Seabass
Beautiful...but stay out the water..
I scheduled them to swim there on that date. Send me your email and I will bill you the Invoice.
Thank you!