When I was younger, I would go fish for anchovies with my friends. Our favorite spot was by the willow trees in Draynor Village, we'd make a campfire and cook them. Ah the memories, wish I was back there now.
I encountered an aggregation of anchovies near Point Medanos in Mission Beach many years back. It was amazing to swim with these little ones and I will never forget it.
As a number of us alumni prepare to celebrate Professor Miriam Kastner's 40 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography this amazing video link reminded me of what it was like to be a graduate student there and to witness and be able to study so many fascinating creatures and astonishing features of the oceans around us.
I love how at 0:35 you see the leopard shark moving in and the school of anchovies are backing away in all directions. Making it look like a circle moving with the shark. And then at 1:58 the girl swims right down to it!
A massive school of Northern Anchovy formed a dark band off La Jolla on July 8, 2014. Scripps scientists, who haven't seen such an aggregation in more than 30 years, said it is unclear why the unusually large school moved into shallow waters off the coast. Members of the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection have collected samples for study.
Scripps Oceanography This concerns me... there has to be a reason why all these anchovies are so close to shore.. I wonder what it was. Figure it out and get back to us please. :) lol... :) Seriously though :D
I swam with thousands of these 'anchovies' in the BVI two years ago! It was amazing! As I danced around in different directions wading in the water, they followed my lead.
Yes its actually quite easy. Total area in sq feet multiplied by the depth of the water times 250 fish per cubic foot minus 2500 per shark equals a kajillion.
Arden Baker This is the reason why I fear the oceans... something could be underneath you (or in between the anchovies)... something way bigger than you, that is hungry!
Maybe a whale was close by so the school of fish swam to the shore for protection OR it is mating season for them and they have fishy sex near the shore again for protection from bigger fish. No matter what still Nature is scary and Amazing at the same time :)
I live in San Diego like 10 mins from there! I swim there all the time, i was down there on that day and the water was super nice and clear but i didnt see anything like that..
The water is exceptionally clear there. Calm water with essentially no waves, no recent storms, no big river entering nearby all contribute to great visibility. The closest place with better visibility is probably Catalina Island.
Negative. The El Nino Southern Oscillation brings in warm water from the middle of the pacific forcing downwelling along the coast. Most of these fish would be moving northward. It appears to be a response to heavy predation.
Tyler Johnson Thanks. I'm a farmer in central CA, so I'm desperate for anything that resembles a hint of rain anywhere. For the last 3 years I've found myself stopping on a TV channel and watching just because there's rain in the movie. LOL. It's that bad here. El Nino would likely bring heavy rains to us, but yesterday NOAA kind of downgraded our likely El Nino to a "70% chance of a weak to moderate El Nino". A month ago they were suggesting the mother of all El Ninos. If the South West has another year like the last few....It'll all be over out here.
Sadly, climate change is affecting us in more ways than we expect. Im not an expert in climatology, although i am majoring in Oceanography. Having lived in Southern California most my life and now Northern ive noticed a trend on climate. Northern California, 2hrs south of Oregon, is experiencing conditions like they were in SanDiego. Meanwhile San Diego is feeling the usual climate reserved for Baja. While Baja's climate resembles that of a more equatorial climate. That said, i would suggest checking historical data of a location with a similar distance from the ocean as you with similar topography about 200-400 miles South of your location. I've driven down the 5 often and see the pain our farmers are dealing with and i sincerely understand your pain. I wish the best for you, and appreciate you still trying to be on of the few people still actually producing a tangible product in the United States. Thank u and i wish u the best.
Yea we have THE WORST water.... its so brown and filled with dirt so lame. Sucks alot because its nearly impossible to avoid Jelly fish in this kind of water.
The reason (probably, I'm no marine biologist) there is a large lack of predators is probably because of just how close the school was to the shore. If the school was another 100-200 yards out, there'd probably be a whole lot more predators. Again, just a guess, but I hope this helped!
Did you notice a big fish, around 37 seconds in the center of the frame, which resembles a shark? Да ли сте приметили огромну рибу, негде око 37. секунда у центру кадра, која личи на ајкулу? --------
Our researchers can only speculate at this point. One idea is that they're here due to a general periodic increase in the anchovy population in the Pacific.
Anchovy and sardine populations have boom-and-bust lifecycles in the Pacific, influenced by climate patterns and other factors. The anchovy population is currently booming while sardines are on the wane. Our scientists say one reason there might be more anchovies here because there are more anchovies in the ocean in general.
it looks like some kind of crazy blob with godzilla's skin texture.. the fish look like scales.. totally nuts. it's amazing the fish are getting enough oxygen from the water when there's more fish than water, i guess sardines really do like being packed together.
They swim where there is a very very large quantity of fish and what it seams to be relatively near a beach, so my question is isn't that water flooded with sharks?? or have i miss something here or what ?
MsRandomPro Our local leopard sharks are not aggressive (though they have teeth and like any wild animal will respond if provoked). People come to La Jolla Shores this time of year just to swim with them. Birch Aquarium at Scripps has regular "snorkel with the sharks" events, including one this weekend.
MsRandomPro Here's a good story quoting one of our researchers summarizing what sort of sharks we get off Southern California: www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jul/26/great-white-sharks-san-diego/
If you search 'Anchovy' on youtube, this is the only result about them alive. Rest all are about how to eat and cook them! What has happened to this world?
We used a GoPro camera in a watertight case. (GoPro cameras were developed by Nick Woodman, a graduate of UC San Diego, which Scripps is a division of.)
all i picture watching this is the new Transformer movie and the way the human created Transformers would transform. it was like a school of fish reshaping and taking form... the way it happened was exactly the same way this school would bend and form up and around the people swimming. Nature in motion is amazing.
by any chance does this phenomenon lead people to believe that there are large unidentified sea creatures in our oceans judging from the large dark mass seen from up high?
When I was younger, I would go fish for anchovies with my friends.
Our favorite spot was by the willow trees in Draynor Village, we'd make a campfire and cook them.
Ah the memories, wish I was back there now.
Excuse me. Can any of you direct me towards the East Australian Current?
I encountered an aggregation of anchovies near Point Medanos in Mission Beach many years back. It was amazing to swim with these little ones and I will never forget it.
I live in SD and I've never seen the water that clear. Looks amazing.
fantastic
As a number of us alumni prepare to celebrate Professor Miriam Kastner's 40 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography this amazing video link reminded me of what it was like to be a graduate student there and to witness and be able to study so many fascinating creatures and astonishing features of the oceans around us.
what i like even more than this video is the fact that the Scipps Institution of Oceanography actually has a youtube channel.
I love how at 0:35 you see the leopard shark moving in and the school of anchovies are backing away in all directions. Making it look like a circle moving with the shark. And then at 1:58 the girl swims right down to it!
This is beautiful footage. Mesmerizing.
Was the shadow from 1:58-2:03 the one of a shark?
A massive school of Northern Anchovy formed a dark band off La Jolla on July 8, 2014. Scripps scientists, who haven't seen such an aggregation in more than 30 years, said it is unclear why the unusually large school moved into shallow waters off the coast. Members of the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection have collected samples for study.
Great job capturing this! I heard you threw your camera down to the simmers already in the water. For novices, they captured some great footage!
That was so nice to watch ;)
How many feet off shore were the anchovies discovered?
Antar Martin As you may be able to see, the school came close to the surf line, so around 70-80 feet.
Scripps Oceanography This concerns me... there has to be a reason why all these anchovies are so close to shore.. I wonder what it was. Figure it out and get back to us please. :) lol... :) Seriously though :D
"Our anchovies will block out the sun!" "Then we will swim in the shade..."
Seeing the fish swim like that is mesmerizing...you can't stop watching it
Was that a leopard shark at 2:00?
Yeah there were three or four swimming around the pier. They were pretty good sized.
***** they were probably eating some dead ones that were floating in among the large school. Leopard sharks don't normally chase live fish like that.
Sam Sphire Yep, they only chase humans.
Роман Куцовол oh obviously yeah. They're guilty of tons and tons of vicious attacks on humans
I only look at the butt of the gurl in 2:03
nagyon értékelem az ilyen videókat.!! Köszönöm a készítőknek.!!
I swam with thousands of these 'anchovies' in the BVI two years ago! It was amazing! As I danced around in different directions wading in the water, they followed my lead.
does anyone have an educated guess on how many were there?
yes here in az we call that "a butt load"
Scripps Oceanography researcher David Checkley said there could have been anywhere from 1 million to 100 million fish.
Yes its actually quite easy. Total area in sq feet multiplied by the depth of the water times 250 fish per cubic foot minus 2500 per shark equals a kajillion.
councilmandoug808 hahaha!
ojms97 more then 1 million.
2:00 es un tiburon ?
+RedFoxZorro88 si lo es
Amazing. Wish the water was still this clear in other parts of the world.
This is awesome, but is that a shark at around 2:00 when she goes snorkeling?
Yes, that's one of the leopard sharks common to the La Jolla area. Like most sharks, they are no threat to people unless provoked.
That's great. I'll bet that was one huge dinner for those sharks that day!
***** you have the maturity of a 12 year old.
***** , Nope, just happily married. I will pray that your libido won't guide you to say such tasteless statements in the future, though.
Holy... How many fish might be in there?
Millions. Maybe even Billions. It's just too amazing, right?
Arden Baker This is the reason why I fear the oceans... something could be underneath you (or in between the anchovies)... something way bigger than you, that is hungry!
Maybe a whale was close by so the school of fish swam to the shore for protection OR it is mating season for them and they have fishy sex near the shore again for protection from bigger fish. No matter what still Nature is scary and Amazing at the same time :)
According to Finding Nemo ahem "There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one."
4 fishes. quite many
Is the crackling sound caused by snapping shrimp?
I live in San Diego like 10 mins from there! I swim there all the time, i was down there on that day and the water was super nice and clear but i didnt see anything like that..
Absolutely beautiful creatures and footage!
That was so cool! Thank you for making the video!
The water is exceptionally clear there. Calm water with essentially no waves, no recent storms, no big river entering nearby all contribute to great visibility. The closest place with better visibility is probably Catalina Island.
What is that black inky stuff?? Can somebody give me the details. Thank you
fish
I gotta go swim there
So do I but I am afraid their are gone :D
Where is it located?
Well if you wanna see you have to be lucky. because they move all the time they dont stay there.
Why aren't there any birds (pelicans, gulls,...) feeding on them?
Is this normal at this location or a result of El Nino? Thanks in advance.
Negative. The El Nino Southern Oscillation brings in warm water from the middle of the pacific forcing downwelling along the coast. Most of these fish would be moving northward. It appears to be a response to heavy predation.
Tyler Johnson Thanks. I'm a farmer in central CA, so I'm desperate for anything that resembles a hint of rain anywhere. For the last 3 years I've found myself stopping on a TV channel and watching just because there's rain in the movie. LOL. It's that bad here. El Nino would likely bring heavy rains to us, but yesterday NOAA kind of downgraded our likely El Nino to a "70% chance of a weak to moderate El Nino". A month ago they were suggesting the mother of all El Ninos. If the South West has another year like the last few....It'll all be over out here.
Sadly, climate change is affecting us in more ways than we expect. Im not an expert in climatology, although i am majoring in Oceanography. Having lived in Southern California most my life and now Northern ive noticed a trend on climate. Northern California, 2hrs south of Oregon, is experiencing conditions like they were in SanDiego. Meanwhile San Diego is feeling the usual climate reserved for Baja. While Baja's climate resembles that of a more equatorial climate. That said, i would suggest checking historical data of a location with a similar distance from the ocean as you with similar topography about 200-400 miles South of your location. I've driven down the 5 often and see the pain our farmers are dealing with and i sincerely understand your pain. I wish the best for you, and appreciate you still trying to be on of the few people still actually producing a tangible product in the United States. Thank u and i wish u the best.
It's amazing, the swimmers will come so close to them, but will never get close enough to touch. Even though there are millions, with in inches.
That was amazing as well as beautiful, that is a nice looking beach & clear water, wish we had water and beaches like that in Texas off the coast.
Yea we have THE WORST water.... its so brown and filled with dirt so lame. Sucks alot because its nearly impossible to avoid Jelly fish in this kind of water.
What's the crackling noise?
alignment, separation, cohesion
Darcy Whyte AI PROGRAMMING!
hmm did not know they went to school
Richard Sloan I think I'll order a pizza with anchovies...
What is the big fish in 2.00 plz ??
Was amazed at how few predators were seen. Just a few sharks. Would have expected to see a lot more.
The reason (probably, I'm no marine biologist) there is a large lack of predators is probably because of just how close the school was to the shore. If the school was another 100-200 yards out, there'd probably be a whole lot more predators. Again, just a guess, but I hope this helped!
How come they show up there in schools?
Here in Malaysia, you'll get a tonne of this in one netscoop.
The water is so insanely clear.
Did you notice a big fish, around 37 seconds in the center of the frame, which resembles a shark?
Да ли сте приметили огромну рибу, негде око 37. секунда у центру кадра, која личи на ајкулу? --------
Anchovies at la jolla shores got some amazing video from my quad copter the same day
Why are they so close to the surf zone?
Our researchers can only speculate at this point. One idea is that they're here due to a general periodic increase in the anchovy population in the Pacific.
They were trying to catch some waves, duh
Anchovy and sardine populations have boom-and-bust lifecycles in the
Pacific, influenced by climate patterns and other factors. The anchovy
population is currently booming while sardines are on the wane. Our
scientists say one reason there might be more anchovies here because
there are more anchovies in the ocean in general.
Anchovies or BP is came for a visit?
Amazing! I just wish I'd been one of the swimmers in the water with them!!!
Es asombroso! Es demasiado fantástico lo que la naturaleza y el planeta nos muestra en toda su extensión. Sin palabras!
That's so amazing! Great footage!!
thats pretty wild.. the ocean is a mysterious place..
wonder what kind of killstreak I'd get if I dropped a nade right in the middle of the mass of them?
Nature. Never ceases to amaze.
whoa i should head to the beach i dont think ive been to this one
It's like that first episode of Spongebob..
Evan Scott Meep
That stench. That heavenly stench!!
I love Futurama! And that Esp rocks. Nice!
There are so many when they move they look solid.
it looks like some kind of crazy blob with godzilla's skin texture.. the fish look like scales.. totally nuts.
it's amazing the fish are getting enough oxygen from the water when there's more fish than water, i guess sardines really do like being packed together.
I`ve been watching this on trance music! It was great!
Wow, could never do this. But it's pretty amazing.
Is it legal to net them? Use them for live bait will be awesome
Not within the San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area
Was this filmed with a GoPro?
what is that?
so all the darker part in the water were all fish? :O
would you like ocean with your anchovies?
Wow! That’s one big campus!
awesome, thanx for sharin
this made my day
How many are there?
ikkeforlet One of our researchers said there could have been anywhere from 1 million to 100 million individual fish in the overall mass.
Scripps Oceanography 100 million! wow. That is truly awesome.
They swim where there is a very very large quantity of fish and what it seams to be relatively near a beach, so my question is isn't that water flooded with sharks??
or have i miss something here or what ?
MsRandomPro Our local leopard sharks are not aggressive (though they have teeth and
like any wild animal will respond if provoked). People come to La Jolla
Shores this time of year just to swim with them. Birch Aquarium at Scripps has regular "snorkel with the sharks" events, including one this weekend.
Scripps Oceanography Oh, okay, sounds really awesome, but how about the great whites, bull sharks or even hammerheads..are they also in
MsRandomPro Here's a good story quoting one of our researchers summarizing what sort of sharks we get off Southern California: www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jul/26/great-white-sharks-san-diego/
If you search 'Anchovy' on youtube, this is the only result about them alive. Rest all are about how to eat and cook them! What has happened to this world?
eaje tiutdtd - You sound like it's a crime to cook anchovies and eat them! :/
Did you tried to find Nemo?
For my Reddit Cake Day I really wanted to see a Gigantic School of Anchovies. Thanks user!
wait was that a shark as well?! this video was amazing!
Who else thought of that one episode of SpongeBob?
Meep.
Meep.
That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... Smelly.
Maruragakari what?
Maruragakari ahaha your icon xD
What an awesome experience
Oh wow - amazing movie!!!!
BTW what did you use to film underwater? Thanks >...
We used a GoPro camera in a watertight case. (GoPro cameras were developed by Nick Woodman, a graduate of UC San Diego, which Scripps is a division of.)
Anybody remember the Anchovy die-off that happened in Marina del Rey last May?
I wonder if it's related...
What if them fishes were actually piranhas and they're filming out there, it would be terrifyingly awesome!
Is that a shark at 1:59?
Es maravilloso! !...increíble! !
OMG!! you can see sharks swimming near and in the anchovies swarm!! XD Nothing like a good feeding frenzy to get sharks riled up. :3
thats common here in the Philippines.. Im from Oslob, Cebu where the tame whale sharks are that is actually their food..and they come every summer.
Wow just amazing to watch!
Where is the Oh my God, Oh my God, DO YOU SEE THAT audio.
all i picture watching this is the new Transformer movie and the way the human created Transformers would transform. it was like a school of fish reshaping and taking form... the way it happened was exactly the same way this school would bend and form up and around the people swimming. Nature in motion is amazing.
I love this beach, and the girl too
Beautiful
Nice video! Thanks for sharing.
Where is Dori and nemo's dad?
CAN YOU FISH FROM THAT PIER
That's one really huge anchovy, and its of a rare color too
flipante estar hay.
by any chance does this phenomenon lead people to believe that there are large unidentified sea creatures in our oceans judging from the large dark mass seen from up high?
*Mr. Krabs voice* ANCHOVIES!!!
there has got to be over 1000 of them.
Perhaps because of depletion of larger predatory fish, like tuna?
@1:54- 2:03 is that a shark???
Amazing!!! Love it
2:00 shark??
Amazing!!! This so phenomenal and does my heart good if it is good news for the marine environment! :)
ther whas a shark at 2:02
I WAS IN LA JOLLA CALIFORNIA AND MY STEP-DAD WAS ON TV!!! W/ MY COUSIN!
Just amazing!
Where's my net?
and this is why I love San Diego