Glad to find this channel. As someone with claustrophobia, I think I'm getting the hang of being in tight spaces lol. Tried going to a street with narrow walls, I was able to get past it hahaha! I think I'm getting over it!
After watching many more videos: BlueWorldTV is easily one of those channels, which you discover and binge watch out of pure awe. To me, the other one was Kurzgesagt. You're doing great stuff Jonathan, thanks for bringing the depths of the world to people like me.
I sure am glad I can live vicariously through you guys! I could never do what you do but I love watching your amazing videos which are fascinating and peaceful. Thanks for sharing
It was interesting seeing the man made brick clusters at the opening of that cave. I assume they were remnants of an old cabin's foundation or chimney that existed long before the pond was dug. Those settlers could never have imagined that someday someone would be SCUBA diving into a cave where their home once sat.
Yes, we wondered how those got in there. You will often see a cinder block in the cavern zone. (They are a good way to create an easy place to tie your reel.) But those bricks looked like some old pieces of a house or something.
Those caves look so tight that it looks like diving through a sunken submarine. Or any warship. Nothing to do but shuffle shuffle shuffle. But be careful with rocks as they could scrape your skin. And good move with the helmets. Glad you guys fit. Like squeezing into the tightest spaceship capsule. Like the one on the Mercury and Gemini Rockets. Worth the attempt though. Great pull off.
I treated ships sunk in a war 26 years previously the same as reef cave exploring. Both have things that bite, poison, instantly kill, or prevent escape. Example, I've swam.past sunk depth charges on a ship with mechanism safeguards being degraded by seawater. Never fed moray eels, did experience fire coral infections, etc.. Used a cord laid by my belted reel as my exit guide if blinded or confused. Electric lamp failure happened as did quick onset of depth compression effects. organic muck of
I can't believe I'm just getting to watch your latest video now! TH-cam didn't give me a notification and only found it by watching 'Dive Talk'. Don't EVER do this to me again TH-cam! As always, loved your video guys and can't wait for the next. (Unless TH-cam screws me again!)
Oh hell no, there's no way I'd go in there's. To me that's a death trap waiting to happen. I guess that's why I don't have a TH-cam channel about diving & you do. I was freaking out on the otherside on the tubes, I even had to take some medication & do some meditation to calm myself. OMG! Not really that intense on what I just wrote. But still nerve racking IMO. Glad you really didn't complete this cave. Not sorry one bit that it was a short trip. Now my heart rate can come down. I do love how clear the water is. Now that no one died from this cave dive, you'll be able to go to the next. Have a great week, be safe, & God bless, Chris from Missouri
Awesome! I love the cave videos and just got my full cave certification in Tulum, Mexico this month. Please tell me about your GoPro and the big fish eye lens on it! Teach us mere mortals a few tips on GoPro filming! Thanks!
@@Ken-vl4wk The cave cert was so rewarding and I recommend it!! I was on a dive trip in Cozumel and wanted to check out a cenote cavern dive. I decided to stay a few days in Tulum and do some training to be able to see a few cenotes and learn something. More efficient! So (long story short) I contacted a guy that is a senior member of the cave community in Tulum and went for a cavern dive. I also got my side mount cert the first day. He asked how I was feeling and if I wanted to see the cave. I said YES! After that first day I was hooked. Just fell in love with caves. I bypassed Cavern training and used the days I had remaining in my trip to finish my TDI "Intro to Cave" cert. I did not have enough time to do full cave. I just went back 2 years later (last month, darn Covid...) and finished my full cave and did an intro to stage tank diving and DPV's. So amazing. My next trip will be to Florida to see those caves. You'll hear about "Florida" style and "Mexico" style cave diving. Same same but different. Doesn't matter where you learn, I think. I went back to Mexico because I really liked my instructor, I love tacos, and Mexico caves are crazy beautiful. They are also on average shallower than Florida, have less flow and are maybe easier to dive. Just my opinion, at the moment. I'm looking forward to experiencing Florida caves in the next months. It's highly addictive!. If you go to Mexco, look up "Cenote Republic" on Instagram or FB and send Luis Leal a message. He's a great instructor.
Mexico caves are also a little more reliable. Many Florida caves sometimes flow "backwards" when it has been raining, so that the river goes into the spring, instead of the other way around. So it becomes a siphon and the viz is bad. However Florida is closer for Americans and doesn't require international travel.
The big fisheye is an Inon conversion lens that helps reduce chromatic aberration caused by the GoPro flat port, and give you the same angle of view underwater as air. Really VASTLY improves the image quality of the GoPro. We plan on doing a little Tech with Todd on @blueworld_plus about it. It's not a cheap lens (about $500) but if you are in a situation where you have no choice but to use a GoPro, the image improvement is substantial.
@@flyinghigh370 Wow. Thank you so much for explaining and sharing your experience. I have been to Dos Ojos before and loved the experience. Since I live in Florida I am feeling tempted to get a full Cave cert but at the same time I am feeling a bit nervous as cave diving can be dangerous and it is not for everyone. I will be in Cozumel in June but I am not sure if I will have time to go to Tulum but if I do, I will reach out to Luis. Thanks!
Sump transit by holding your breath yet? Eyes shut keeping muddy particulates from being a pain is fun. More so if face-up, toe pushing off slick walls, not lifting your head for emergence until a rough ceiling stopped scrapping the nose. I prefer a farmer-john outfit but have done it in cotton attire. Submergence has killed more explorers than any other death risk. Feel free to bump-up statistics involving big reptiles.
Small suggestion: Go diving in the "chalk lake (Kreidesee) Hemmor" in Germany (And if you are already in Germany you can also do mine diving in Nuttlar or drive in the Bodensee) It would be extremely different to your normal content
That’s a nope for me. I love caving (actually worked as a cave guide in college), but only if there’s a little more space. Space this tight and you’re underwater? I’m hyperventilating and using up all of my hypothetical air supply already…
thanks Johnathan for these HD videos...these really looks dangerous and i feel breathlessness by seeing these tight caves...how do you figure out if a cave is safe to dive at the very first time ?? and do you guys get hurt by these rocks when diving ??
Walao! That's, uh, that's pretty narrow! I've done a bit of caving and am interested in diving and _maybe_ even combining the two. But this particular combo? I think I'll pass, lol. 😅 Also, nice choice of music! Definitely amps the tension a bit.
I talked to my claustrophobia of land based cave spelunking. Turns out it too has it's own claustrophobia, it's called underwater cave spelunking. We think alike
Hi did you dive already in enchanted river cave in the Philippines I think this the right spot for you to explore that cave system because if I'm not mistaken still nobody reach or explore the bottom of that cave and what mystery beneath that cave.
Your opinion is not shared by cave diving accident records of the National Speleological Society since 1967. Shows a growing number of rescues and body recovery. I've swam with paid body recovery divers. The Blue Hole of Santa Rosa, NM.
“Let’s squeeze our bodies through these tiny holes we can barely fit through. Underwater. Where we can’t turn around.” Y’all are some true Chads gentlemen, I salute you! 😂🤘
I always watch your videos thinking to myself, 'that looks great, I would love to try it!' However on this occasion I don't think I would like to do this dive lol. Fair play guys! I don't think it's worth quitting pizza for though ;-p
You guys are awesome for doing that dive. Definitely not for me as the first few feet in watching this made my blood pressure go up, lol! Let’s see, under water, earth sits on top of my head, earth shakes or burps, there goes my head,….Crunch! 🤣🤣
I think that the transmitters on the first stages could/should be put on a different high pressure port (if the first stage design allows) that allows them to be better protected. All I could think about the entire time was impact that could have led to them breaking off, which is not uncommon. Great video per usual!
that super tight entrance is nothing??? that is nothing? lol someone like me would never have courage or bravery like this. thank you for the wonderful videos and really thank you for always showering us the blue world's vistas i otherwise would have never seen if it wasn't for you guys.
Hi Jonathan! I love your videos so much, they always make my passion for the ocean grow more and more :) I still haven't finished watching this one, but I'm 100% sure it's gonna be amazing like the other ones! This year, if everything goes well, I'll start a diving course :D Always thanks to you, because your dives inspire me so so much! But obviously I want to make sure that everything is okay with me, so I was wondering which medical checks should I do before starting a diving course? I'm just 18 years old, but it's always better do these type of things at every age :)
Watch Gus and Woody over at @divetalk react to this video. It's fun!
th-cam.com/video/rGNePrtVpwI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the shoutout!
Glad to find this channel. As someone with claustrophobia, I think I'm getting the hang of being in tight spaces lol. Tried going to a street with narrow walls, I was able to get past it hahaha! I think I'm getting over it!
That’s how I found your video, thru Divetalk withWoody and Gus!
I Love this video 📹
It was a really interesting video
I'm not a claustrophobic but this still made me a little nervous lol. One of your most fun videos yet!
yeah this is uncomfortably tight squeze . .
Thanks!
Fun? This guys cheating death
I’m glad you did this dive so that I don’t have to. Being in this tight would scare the crap out of me. Thanks, really enjoyed it.
Glad you liked it! We had fun too!
Man, the way this is shot and editd/music-and narrated, is pure 90s. I just love it. Makes me feel like a kid again.
Thank you Jonathan for always making high quality videos!
Even when we shoot them with GoPros we try to make it high quality!
I like these videos they are goooood
Held my breath almost all the way through this! Fun to watch you guys maneuver through the restrictions.
God I didn’t know you could hold your breath for 12 minutes
@@trobuler5013 Ha
That's not a cave....that's a hole !! I felt like I couldn't breathe watching you squeeze through those rocks. Amazing and beautiful footage !!
Thanks 👍. We had fun!
A fantastic video. Thank you for sharing it. It scared me so much that claustrophobic entrance. Your both amazing.
After watching many more videos: BlueWorldTV is easily one of those channels, which you discover and binge watch out of pure awe. To me, the other one was Kurzgesagt. You're doing great stuff Jonathan, thanks for bringing the depths of the world to people like me.
Thanks for joining us!
Thank you Mr. Jonathan Bird because of you I got inspired to be a scuba diver. I got my certificate just yesterday
Congratulations! Awesome to hear!!
@@BlueWorldTV We live here in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and as you know the coral reefs are amazing!
This is a beautiful video of a beautiful cave. How scary to be trapped, though! Thank you for another glimpse into a magical realm.
Very cool footage, thank you, Jonathan, and Blueworld team
I sure am glad I can live vicariously through you guys! I could never do what you do but I love watching your amazing videos which are fascinating and peaceful. Thanks for sharing
I'm so glad you are enjoying the videos!! Thanks for watching!
If that was me, i would have dived back at the sight of the entrance 🤣😂🤣
My claustrophobia could not bro
Another amazing video, and a good excuse for me to leave Tampa to check out the diving up north. Thank you sir!
I am a scuba diver and I don’t know how you have done this
I can't wait to see Jonathan and cameraman Todd having a journey through the tightest cave. This is going to be interesting
Love these types of videos. Great video Jonathan
Cool seeing ya over on Dive Talk as well! i'm a non diver but super obsessed with watching and listening to the adventures you all go on !
Welcome!!
@@BlueWorldTV :) thank you! :)
It was interesting seeing the man made brick clusters at the opening of that cave. I assume they were remnants of an old cabin's foundation or chimney that existed long before the pond was dug. Those settlers could never have imagined that someday someone would be SCUBA diving into a cave where their home once sat.
Yes, we wondered how those got in there. You will often see a cinder block in the cavern zone. (They are a good way to create an easy place to tie your reel.) But those bricks looked like some old pieces of a house or something.
I am kinda scared watching your adventure. Great work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
On manh, only Jonathan bird can do this. Diving the cave is one thing, filming is next. Ohh goodness!!!!
Literally gave me some anxiety watching. Love diving and swim thru’s but that’s extreme!!
You guys are so brave!! And this video is totally awesome!! BlueWorldTV is always the BEST!!!
Those caves look so tight that it looks like diving through a sunken submarine. Or any warship. Nothing to do but shuffle shuffle shuffle. But be careful with rocks as they could scrape your skin. And good move with the helmets. Glad you guys fit. Like squeezing into the tightest spaceship capsule. Like the one on the Mercury and Gemini Rockets. Worth the attempt though. Great pull off.
I treated ships sunk in a war
26 years previously the same
as reef cave exploring. Both
have things that bite, poison,
instantly kill, or prevent escape.
Example, I've swam.past sunk
depth charges on a ship with
mechanism safeguards being
degraded by seawater. Never
fed moray eels, did experience
fire coral infections, etc.. Used
a cord laid by my belted reel
as my exit guide if blinded or
confused. Electric lamp failure
happened as did quick onset of
depth compression effects.
organic muck of
Cave diving is one of those activities that you want to do it so badly but too scared to try haha! Great episode!!
Thanks for watching. Don't be scared, just take a cave diving class.
My chest hurts just watching this 😂
I can't believe I'm just getting to watch your latest video now! TH-cam didn't give me a notification and only found it by watching 'Dive Talk'. Don't EVER do this to me again TH-cam! As always, loved your video guys and can't wait for the next. (Unless TH-cam screws me again!)
You have to hit the notification bell!
lol... I wouldn't go into a cave like this on the surface, much less underwater :P
Wow!!! I myself wont be able to squeeze into such small space...But thanks for this
That looked like so much fun! Cameraman Todd did a outstanding job with the voiceover! Happy February!
Yeah it was fun adding Todd's additional input into the segment!!
I`m glad you came back!!
I never left.
Watching this channel takes me baaaaack
This is like the movie The Descent but set underwater. Crazy stuff
That movie gave me the chills
Stunning footage - hope you can get an underwater drone down there to enter tight restrictions before you go through them for the first time.
This video made me super anxious... YIKES!!!!
Oh hell no, there's no way I'd go in there's. To me that's a death trap waiting to happen.
I guess that's why I don't have a TH-cam channel about diving & you do. I was freaking out on the otherside on the tubes, I even had to take some medication & do some meditation to calm myself. OMG! Not really that intense on what I just wrote. But still nerve racking IMO.
Glad you really didn't complete this cave. Not sorry one bit that it was a short trip. Now my heart rate can come down.
I do love how clear the water is. Now that no one died from this cave dive, you'll be able to go to the next. Have a great week, be safe, & God bless,
Chris from Missouri
Hey Chris, we are very careful and safe. That's why Todd called the dive and turned around when it got a little tight for comfort.
@@BlueWorldTV yes I know that but it still gives me anxiety.
No way would I ever ever do this . You guys are very brave
New video cool i've been waiting for this thanks!!!
My god this was torturous to watch i'm super claustrophobic but at the same time i loved it, great video.
There not enough money on earth to make me go in such place. You guy are crazy! Awesome video as always!
Thanks for watching!
God that's like mostly underwater cave crawling than swimming/diving hahah. That does look kind of fun but also terrifying!
Yeah honestly, the local expert on this cave Mehdi Zinetti (who works for Edd Sorenson at Cave Adventurers) does it with no fins.
Awesome! I love the cave videos and just got my full cave certification in Tulum, Mexico this month. Please tell me about your GoPro and the big fish eye lens on it! Teach us mere mortals a few tips on GoPro filming! Thanks!
I am interested to get certified. May I ask why you decided to get your certification in Tulum and not in Florida?
@@Ken-vl4wk The cave cert was so rewarding and I recommend it!! I was on a dive trip in Cozumel and wanted to check out a cenote cavern dive. I decided to stay a few days in Tulum and do some training to be able to see a few cenotes and learn something. More efficient! So (long story short) I contacted a guy that is a senior member of the cave community in Tulum and went for a cavern dive. I also got my side mount cert the first day. He asked how I was feeling and if I wanted to see the cave. I said YES! After that first day I was hooked. Just fell in love with caves. I bypassed Cavern training and used the days I had remaining in my trip to finish my TDI "Intro to Cave" cert. I did not have enough time to do full cave. I just went back 2 years later (last month, darn Covid...) and finished my full cave and did an intro to stage tank diving and DPV's. So amazing. My next trip will be to Florida to see those caves. You'll hear about "Florida" style and "Mexico" style cave diving. Same same but different. Doesn't matter where you learn, I think. I went back to Mexico because I really liked my instructor, I love tacos, and Mexico caves are crazy beautiful. They are also on average shallower than Florida, have less flow and are maybe easier to dive. Just my opinion, at the moment. I'm looking forward to experiencing Florida caves in the next months. It's highly addictive!. If you go to Mexco, look up "Cenote Republic" on Instagram or FB and send Luis Leal a message. He's a great instructor.
Mexico caves are also a little more reliable. Many Florida caves sometimes flow "backwards" when it has been raining, so that the river goes into the spring, instead of the other way around. So it becomes a siphon and the viz is bad. However Florida is closer for Americans and doesn't require international travel.
The big fisheye is an Inon conversion lens that helps reduce chromatic aberration caused by the GoPro flat port, and give you the same angle of view underwater as air. Really VASTLY improves the image quality of the GoPro. We plan on doing a little Tech with Todd on @blueworld_plus about it. It's not a cheap lens (about $500) but if you are in a situation where you have no choice but to use a GoPro, the image improvement is substantial.
@@flyinghigh370 Wow. Thank you so much for explaining and sharing your experience. I have been to Dos Ojos before and loved the experience. Since I live in Florida I am feeling tempted to get a full Cave cert but at the same time I am feeling a bit nervous as cave diving can be dangerous and it is not for everyone. I will be in Cozumel in June but I am not sure if I will have time to go to Tulum but if I do, I will reach out to Luis. Thanks!
love these episodes, keep em coming. hope you get more views
I use GoPro's to film every time I'm underwater, and it made me happy seeing you guys do it for a video!
Hey Raymond, have you tried the Inon conversion lens? It's pretty impressive.
Given the amount of precision wriggling you two had to do, do you think the flippers were more help or hindrance on this dive? (Great work as always!)
Definitely would have been better WITHOUT the fins!
awesome video keep up the good work big fan here. I would love to see more cave diving videos in the future !
Thanks! Will do! Hear that Todd? They want more CAVE DIVING!!!!!
LOVE IT
Can't wait for your reaction! 😎
Dive talk in the house!
Strong old Discovery Channel TV show vibe. Love it.
You mean like....back when Discovery was good.
Indeed, my good content creator.
Sump transit by holding your breath yet? Eyes shut
keeping muddy particulates from being a pain is fun.
More so if face-up, toe pushing off slick walls, not
lifting your head for emergence until a rough ceiling
stopped scrapping the nose. I prefer a farmer-john
outfit but have done it in cotton attire. Submergence
has killed more explorers than any other death risk.
Feel free to bump-up statistics involving big reptiles.
i love your videos! keep it up!
Small suggestion: Go diving in the "chalk lake (Kreidesee) Hemmor" in Germany (And if you are already in Germany you can also do mine diving in Nuttlar or drive in the Bodensee)
It would be extremely different to your normal content
sir jonathan can u go to the hinatuan enchanted river in philippines there is a underwatee cave down there
Next time we go to the Philippines we will definitely do that!!
That’s a nope for me. I love caving (actually worked as a cave guide in college), but only if there’s a little more space. Space this tight and you’re underwater? I’m hyperventilating and using up all of my hypothetical air supply already…
Such a beautiful place! You guys nailed it, next time we'll go no mount!!
Hey Medhi, thanks for your advice on diving this cave, and when we get back there later this year, you have to show us how the PRO does it!!
@@BlueWorldTV can't wait!!
thanks Johnathan for these HD videos...these really looks dangerous and i feel breathlessness by seeing these tight caves...how do you figure out if a cave is safe to dive at the very first time ?? and do you guys get hurt by these rocks when diving ??
Cave explorers do that. They are significantly more experienced than normal cave divers.
Honestly we usually dive caves for the first time with an experienced local guide. This one was an exception.
Gave me chills and creeps. Woah!
I've seen your videos about sharks on epic and I absolutely love them!
Walao! That's, uh, that's pretty narrow! I've done a bit of caving and am interested in diving and _maybe_ even combining the two. But this particular combo? I think I'll pass, lol. 😅
Also, nice choice of music! Definitely amps the tension a bit.
I talked to my claustrophobia of land based cave spelunking. Turns out it too has it's own claustrophobia, it's called underwater cave spelunking. We think alike
So interesting! Had no idea these caves existed. Great channel, thanks Jonathan.
Thanks for watching!
hats of to you man! it was really scary. take more safety cause this kinda adventures are too dangerous .
I’ve been a fan since 2013! Great video.
I’ve seen this one epic! And I was obsessed with your videos! Even though I have a fear of the ocean it’s so cool seeing what’s in it!
Jonathan please show us the most friendly animal you ever encounter!!!!!
Super video
I love scuba diving it's my best hobby❤
This makes. It. Look fun. I love to watch it. Would never do it.!!!
Amazing! I'm hooked! Watching your other videos!
Welcome!
Hi did you dive already in enchanted river cave in the Philippines I think this the right spot for you to explore that cave system because if I'm not mistaken still nobody reach or explore the bottom of that cave and what mystery beneath that cave.
Good vid love your videos me and my ant used to watch u when I was a kid
You should keep watching they are still good and you don't need to be a kid!
Courage. Nice work, Jonathan!
Liked and shared.
I’m 6’2” 200 and I’m not sure I could do that cave Whew. Great video
soon as the silt starts comin up on the turnaround my brain started screamiingggggggg. nope noope nooooope
I think after this video the number of people who want to do cave diving significally decreased! :-) But for you it must have been a great practice!
Your opinion is not shared by
cave diving accident records
of the National Speleological
Society since 1967. Shows a
growing number of rescues
and body recovery. I've swam
with paid body recovery divers.
The Blue Hole of Santa Rosa, NM.
Yeah… this is a bit much.👀
Amazing video, thank you for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Those scuba tanks go up to like 4000psi to put that in perspective your car tires are only 35psi with the highest ones being 120 psi
Pure claustrophobia fuel
“Let’s squeeze our bodies through these tiny holes we can barely fit through. Underwater. Where we can’t turn around.” Y’all are some true Chads gentlemen, I salute you! 😂🤘
Subnautica Aint even Scary Compared to this!
I always watch your videos thinking to myself, 'that looks great, I would love to try it!' However on this occasion I don't think I would like to do this dive lol. Fair play guys!
I don't think it's worth quitting pizza for though ;-p
I agree! Pizza is awesome.
You guys are awesome for doing that dive. Definitely not for me as the first few feet in watching this made my blood pressure go up, lol! Let’s see, under water, earth sits on top of my head, earth shakes or burps, there goes my head,….Crunch! 🤣🤣
That water looks incredible.
Early and first, doesnt get much better
Looks that someone wants to try the 6in of fun challenge from Edd. Hahaha
Thx to MrBallen, I now have an irrational fear of caves/underwater caves, lol.
if this was not underwater... i would crawl through that. underwater tight caves with limited air just scream nope to me
I think that the transmitters on the first stages could/should be put on a different high pressure port (if the first stage design allows) that allows them to be better protected. All I could think about the entire time was impact that could have led to them breaking off, which is not uncommon. Great video per usual!
They don't stick out further than the side of the tank anyway.
Wow incredible here from dive talk great channel
Thanks Gus and Woody!
Another great video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
that super tight entrance is nothing??? that is nothing? lol
someone like me would never have courage or bravery like this. thank you for the wonderful videos and really thank you for always showering us the blue world's vistas i otherwise would have never seen if it wasn't for you guys.
Once you have been cave diving for a while, things that looked scary before do not seem as scary anymore.
That’s so crazy, didn’t know you did cave diving. I’d live to go cave diving but I’m not sure how I’d find being so restricted
Look at his other vids there’s way more open caves
Thanks so much for this tide video🤙🤙🤙🤿🤿🤿 BLUE WORLD ROCK'S
Thanks for watching!
I dislike/hate tight squeezes for cave diving in any cave like this or anything else that requires having to make tight squeeze.
That's crazy!
I'd never fit even with a backpack on, let alone tanks... What a squeeze!!!
Hi Jonathan!
I love your videos so much, they always make my passion for the ocean grow more and more :) I still haven't finished watching this one, but I'm 100% sure it's gonna be amazing like the other ones!
This year, if everything goes well, I'll start a diving course :D Always thanks to you, because your dives inspire me so so much!
But obviously I want to make sure that everything is okay with me, so I was wondering which medical checks should I do before starting a diving course? I'm just 18 years old, but it's always better do these type of things at every age :)
To take a dive class you just need a note from your doctor that you don't have any illness that prevents you from diving (like severe asthma, etc.)
@@BlueWorldTV huh, seems pretty simple! Thank you Jonathan! :D
Wow, I don't think that I'll be able to sleep tonight because of the claustrophobic nightmares I will have.