Giant Pacific Octopus Magical Experience with Scuba Divers in British Columbia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ย. 2020
- Remarkable experience with a Giant Pacific Octopus while scuba diving at Porteau Cove Provincial Park, a shore site just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. The nutrient rich waters of Howe Sound provide home to an incredible diversity of marine life. As Porteau Cove also has several artificial reefs, octopus and an ever growing diversity of marine life have taken hold in the park over the past several decades. This GPO was so impressive in size as it hovered effortlessly across the sandy bottom swiftly rolling between various reef structures in our emerald waters of Howe Sound. So curious and interactive, seemingly quite intrigued with my camera system...yet quite comfortable with our presence and not too fussed about our obvious jubilant glee throughout our dive alongside this exquisite creature.
Having recently watched the incredible documentary “My Octopus Teacher” we felt especially lucky to have had such a special encounter. Lingering thoughts can’t help but wonder what this beautiful creature was thinking about us and where could this fast friendship evolve to with our new unexpected dive buddy should we meet again?
After more than 20 minutes of pure underwater magic, eye to eye with this obviously intelligent aquatic alien, our bottom time now pressing 70 minutes, it was time to ascend. With our faces almost frozen with permanent grins, it wasn’t easy to say goodbye to this extraterrestrial-like, magical being, who gave us such a memorable experience that will surely last a lifetime !
Divers: Amy Liebenberg, Tanya Prinzing & Deirdre Forbes McCracken
Video By: Deirdre Forbes McCracken
Owner, Ocean Quest Dive Centre - กีฬา
Such a loveable creature, I
Love to watch them.
That was amazing....thank you.
I too, initially felt that the lights might hurt it's eyes, but then, like you say, they can move REALLY quickly if they want, and also ink you....which it didn't do, so it couldn't have felt threatened. It was also amazing to see how protective it was of it's arms for the first half of the video but then obviously relaxed more, as the arms weren't curled up underneath.
Great observations about how comfortable it felt. They are just incredible animals!
Magnificient. I love how calm the octopus seemed for most of the video. May have encountered divers before.
Surreal. I wonder what she thought about her new fans. What a great experience for you. They are intelligent, sentient creatures.
Magical indeed! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful experience!
Loveable octopus
Magnificent creature…
Hipnotizante!
Just wow ♥️
Cuutee! 💖🐙
Awesome seeing my city”s underwater awesomeness! Hey are there sharks in our waters?
Yes there are! Recently there have been multiple sightings of 6 Gill sharks at one of our local shore sites. Normally these sharks cruise several hundred feet beneath the sea. Occasionally they come up to shallower depths for reasons not entirely understood by scientists. At depth, these sharks are voracious hunters and have even been known to be cannibalistic!
@@scubadiving6993 wow! That’s incredible to hear. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
But other octopus films have them being inquisitive and purposeful. This one is just wandering about. Is it just moving because the divers' lamps are disturbing it? If so, find some other way to film them.
Thank you for advocating on behalf of one of our favorite Cephalopods. Octopus can definitely be very inquisitive! Almost all divers in our local water use dive lights on every dive. Lights allow us to see true colours under water and are also effective tools for communicating with each other. Any professionally made video you see, be it National Geographic, BBC, etc., will be using super high powered lights for their films. We have never heard of lights having an adverse effect on any marine life. At the end of the day, us divers are pretty clumsy underwater compared to the marine life we are so privileged to witness and interact with. If the Octopus felt irritated or intimidated by our presence, it could have left us in the dust anytime. Thanks!
@@diveoceanquest You don't think going into a dark environment and shining airplane landing lights into the eyes of a creature with night vision is harmful?
Why ruin such a great video with this terrible F- music. Not a worthy combination...
Then perhaps you should spend the time and money and create your very own video.