It's such a bustling ecosystem down there. They're completely comfortable with you being there too. I mean, hiking is cool, yes, but this is the stuff life is made of right here. Thank you for such wonderful footage Masochist. Would you know that some creators never change up their styles? They just fade away.
Thanks so much for the video Matt. So beautiful - all of it. Its been around 60 years since I last played and body surfed in the So Cal coastal waters. It was great to reexperience it through your lens!! See you and Taters in Zion thanks to you tube. Happy travels!
We go to to the beach at Crescent Bay all the time. I snorkel the north reef a lot, but have not dived the area yet. Had no idea the canyon was so long! Will definitely dive soon! Have you ever seen any bat rays? Also, check out La Jolla and the leopard sharks. Pretty cool!
That looked super nice, Matt. Much better viz and ambient sunlight. Surge looked real reasonable. While I don’t use wetsuit shampoo, I swear by “Sink the Stink” to break down organic waste matter. When I don’t, I reeeaaally notice.
Don't put that in the video. "That's what she said." Great to see Taters. Consider a whole video featuring Tater comebacks. Love your expression when you get owned. Cool canyon. Loved it. I slept late and didn't get my feet wet.
Looks like a beautiful dive. Ever think about taking up spearfishing? One of my favorite things when diving here off of SC. We certainly don't have natural structure like that.
I don’t really care for fish or seafood so not really. Also Laguna is a no take protected area. Hence why we see more here than some of the other sites
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I thought about it, too, a few years back. West coast boat. But apparently the best part isn't so easy anymore, as even Mexico has put up a bunch of laws and such to discourage, tax, or randomly seize boats. Where's the fun in that?
Wow, great dive....really loved it....loved seeing the seals.....the fish were not all that afraid of you....I guess they are used to seeing divers....and what were those creatures with the long spear sticking out the front and all the legs?
We see horn sharks and such sometimes. Sharks tend to be a rare treat not something you generally have to worry about getting hurt by. Kind of like bears on land.
Wow. This video and the other one at Treasure Island are truly mesmerizing. You are a true ambassador for Laguna Beach area diving. I know surges and storms can affect clarity, but all things being equal, does visibility change day-to-day or more week-to-week?
Quite a bit. For example this year between the storms and the post storm rain closure it’s been all but impossible to dive and those going out have mostly reported around 10 ft vis
My wife walked by and was like whoah so she put it on the big screen and she also uttered the word "Cousteau". She doesn't watch videos even but she's entranced. Exact quote from her is: "Jesus fuck." For my part I didn't know that California still, you know, had it. So I'm having the opposite experience I had watching you on the east coast (which was dang, it really is the end of the world). This actually gives me some hope. Maybe the world isn't over yet. I can see why it would be worth risking one's life for this. That one fish seems pretty interested in showing you his teeth.
Awesome dive. Grew up going to Laguna and Salt Creek. Thanks for sharing your diving. ✌️ Was the sea lion after the CA state fish? Almost looked like it. He could get fined for that (sea lion that is) 😂 California might just instate that. Just teasing. Nice lobsters.
I did a night dive where a seal tagged along with us the entire time. Whenever my light would illuminate a fish hiding in the rocks the seal would dive in and eat it. I briefly felt like a minor underwater deity. Then a bit guilty. Then I tried to just light up the dickish fish
The keyhole isn’t very deep, maybe 15-20 ish. It’s hard to get to precisely but I usually go in the trench, then turn left down the slot canyon, and it’s in the general vicinity where you come out
Extremely enjoyable video. Blessings & safety always to you and your gal. You are very lucky, cherish her. Super thanks was that a solo manatee, seal or otter ? 🦀
Enjoyed your dive video. How long have you been diving at this location? What changes have seen, number and types of fish, kelp growth etc. Keep taking us along on your adventures. Thanks
Only a few years. In that time it’s varied quite a bit but things vary a lot just depending on time of day. You could go out in the morning and see a massive number of fish and then go again in the evening and see a fraction or Vice versa. There was an issue a few years back when the kelp died off due to temperature. And also we’re seeing more sargasm coming in.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes okay, I thought that was a lobster. But again, I didn't want to get overconfident. Glad it lived to see another day. My daughter-in-law tells me they can live to be a hundred.
Basically if you try and sit still in the water you’re moved back and forth by the surge. It can shove you back and forth 5+ ft sometimes which gets really exciting when you’re in low visibility conditions.
The trick is actually more when you go under something. The tank and first stage stick up above your head and if you misjudge you slam your expensive scuba bits against the rock. Also I think if you did manage to break anything it would likely rocket you backwards thanks to escaping air
Loved Shaws Cove. Normally we dive NW. very cold. Viz varies from 25 feet to 25 inches. Anyway first time I saw your Garibaldi's I almost spit me reg out from laughing. Done know why but his expression just cracked me up. Nice videos. Cameras do not belong on masks. I tend to get seasick watching those. 🤢🤢
Thanks! We did a few dives up in Nainamo and it was damn cold and limited vis. Laguna is a gem that I feel lucky to have easy access too. As much as I dislike having a handheld camera sometimes I also can’t stand any of the mounted footage. Too much swinging about
That's gotta be a good day if going to Zion is down from there.
"Second-Best Day At Shaw's" would be a good title for a short story.
It's such a bustling ecosystem down there. They're completely comfortable with you being there too. I mean, hiking is cool, yes, but this is the stuff life is made of right here. Thank you for such wonderful footage Masochist. Would you know that some creators never change up their styles? They just fade away.
Loved the canyon dive. Ecosystem looks healthy and thriving. 👍☮
Seals are so cute!
Beautiful video. Nice diving
So, diving is just hiking with very unique foot placements and a lot more water. Even more than Vermont. Loved this. Especially the seal. ❤️
Nice to catch up with your life in CA. Gorgeous underwater scenery.
I can understand why you love diving so much. I love seeing the kelp and the bright orange Garibaldi!
It’s even more amazing in person!
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes oh gosh, I bet! one of these days!😁
Nice, thanks for the share, cant wait to see your Zion report. I love that place
From New Jersey now,, but where I learned to dive in the 80's and later taught diving. Thanks for the memories, including the parking and the steps.
Very enjoyable thanks. ✌️👊
WOW 😊 It’s like diving in a giant salt water fish tank. So beautiful. 🐠🦭
Great video and great to see tator again.
So cool!! Loved seeing all the fish and seals.
Thanks so much for the video Matt. So beautiful - all of it. Its been around 60 years since I last played and body surfed in the So Cal coastal waters. It was great to reexperience it through your lens!! See you and Taters in Zion thanks to you tube. Happy travels!
Awesome!, Thanks for sharing
Man that is beautiful down there
As a true vlogger you film while driving. Love the visibility you're getting and all the sea life coming out!
Beautiful dive!!!
Loved the morning at the beach, beautiful.. Also thanks for taking us on the dive. So awesome..
Very kool. The canyon looks like an earthquake fault. I hope you both have a great Thanksgiving. Good Luck, Rick
Totally awesome!!!!
We go to to the beach at Crescent Bay all the time. I snorkel the north reef a lot, but have not dived the area yet. Had no idea the canyon was so long! Will definitely dive soon! Have you ever seen any bat rays? Also, check out La Jolla and the leopard sharks. Pretty cool!
It’s a whole other world under there. We dove La Jolla sometimes but generally I find the Laguna locations are more varied and interesting
Wow- I now live up near Fresno so Monterey is the usual, but you make me want to make the drive!!!!
That looked super nice, Matt. Much better viz and ambient sunlight. Surge looked real reasonable. While I don’t use wetsuit shampoo, I swear by “Sink the Stink” to break down organic waste matter. When I don’t, I reeeaaally notice.
I enjoyed that. It's been a long time since I've been diving. I've been thinking about getting back into it.
Don't put that in the video. "That's what she said." Great to see Taters. Consider a whole video featuring Tater comebacks. Love your expression when you get owned.
Cool canyon. Loved it. I slept late and didn't get my feet wet.
Looks like a beautiful dive. Ever think about taking up spearfishing? One of my favorite things when diving here off of SC. We certainly don't have natural structure like that.
I don’t really care for fish or seafood so not really. Also Laguna is a no take protected area. Hence why we see more here than some of the other sites
diggin the movie-like messin with the time line ("day before")
Some serious Jacques Cousteau.
ever alert to the loss of our forests, I pick out of the stream of syllables the phrase "sawdust festival"
You guys should get a boat to live on!
Looked at that briefly. You wouldn’t believe how expensive that is out here…
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I thought about it, too, a few years back. West coast boat. But apparently the best part isn't so easy anymore, as even Mexico has put up a bunch of laws and such to discourage, tax, or randomly seize boats. Where's the fun in that?
good pictures
Like being inside the aquarium.
Wow, great dive....really loved it....loved seeing the seals.....the fish were not all that afraid of you....I guess they are used to seeing divers....and what were those creatures with the long spear sticking out the front and all the legs?
Lobsters
Is this in Mexifornia?
So fun watching you dive. Even better because you look so happy! Just curious, have you ever come across a shark off the cost of California?
We see horn sharks and such sometimes. Sharks tend to be a rare treat not something you generally have to worry about getting hurt by. Kind of like bears on land.
Wow. This video and the other one at Treasure Island are truly mesmerizing. You are a true ambassador for Laguna Beach area diving. I know surges and storms can affect clarity, but all things being equal, does visibility change day-to-day or more week-to-week?
Quite a bit. For example this year between the storms and the post storm rain closure it’s been all but impossible to dive and those going out have mostly reported around 10 ft vis
Cool 😎.
My wife walked by and was like whoah so she put it on the big screen and she also uttered the word "Cousteau". She doesn't watch videos even but she's entranced. Exact quote from her is: "Jesus fuck." For my part I didn't know that California still, you know, had it. So I'm having the opposite experience I had watching you on the east coast (which was dang, it really is the end of the world). This actually gives me some hope. Maybe the world isn't over yet. I can see why it would be worth risking one's life for this. That one fish seems pretty interested in showing you his teeth.
after that fish demonstrated his teeth I was like, "thanks for sharing". And fine teeth they were.
let him know for me that I was impressed
Do you harvest any sea life. ✌️👊
I don’t eat fish or seafood so no, I just go down there to look
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Well dang it. I was seeing lots of cheap protein for you guys.
Awesome dive. Grew up going to Laguna and Salt Creek. Thanks for sharing your diving. ✌️ Was the sea lion after the CA state fish? Almost looked like it. He could get fined for that (sea lion that is) 😂 California might just instate that. Just teasing. Nice lobsters.
I did a night dive where a seal tagged along with us the entire time. Whenever my light would illuminate a fish hiding in the rocks the seal would dive in and eat it.
I briefly felt like a minor underwater deity. Then a bit guilty. Then I tried to just light up the dickish fish
11:38 as a freediving who has been to shaws multiple times, I am still having difficulties finding this exact area. How deep is it here?
The keyhole isn’t very deep, maybe 15-20 ish. It’s hard to get to precisely but I usually go in the trench, then turn left down the slot canyon, and it’s in the general vicinity where you come out
I actually do remember you mentioning that oil rig spill. What with my theme being the end of the world and all.
small world, am I right?
Extremely enjoyable video. Blessings & safety always to you and your gal. You are very lucky, cherish her.
Super thanks was that a solo manatee, seal or otter ? 🦀
Seal. We don’t have manatees out here
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I was thinkin seal but didn't want to get overconfident.
Enjoyed your dive video. How long have you been diving at this location? What changes have seen, number and types of fish, kelp growth etc. Keep taking us along on your adventures. Thanks
Only a few years. In that time it’s varied quite a bit but things vary a lot just depending on time of day. You could go out in the morning and see a massive number of fish and then go again in the evening and see a fraction or Vice versa. There was an issue a few years back when the kelp died off due to temperature. And also we’re seeing more sargasm coming in.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes so apparently sargasm's a thing. Not gonna look it up. I'll just wait for it to come to me.
A few Girabaldis and some sea bass...I'll stick to diving Phuket 😂😂😂
Aren't you special
Local dive, bro. So if this dive is in your backyard you wouldn't dive it??? Or are you just showing off?
What kind of fish is that at 9:41
You have to be a little more specific. Lots of fish around there
What camp ground is that
Probably ONeil
You found an underwater lemon-squeezer. Are those lobsters edible?
If you’re into that sort of thing. Though this particular area is protected
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes okay, I thought that was a lobster. But again, I didn't want to get overconfident. Glad it lived to see another day. My daughter-in-law tells me they can live to be a hundred.
Would you please explain surge?
Basically if you try and sit still in the water you’re moved back and forth by the surge. It can shove you back and forth 5+ ft sometimes which gets really exciting when you’re in low visibility conditions.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes thanks!
👋
Are you guys scuba divers
Whenever we aren’t doing other things
going through narrow tunnels of rock you could get stuck on, and under water. That's not scary I guess.
The trick is actually more when you go under something. The tank and first stage stick up above your head and if you misjudge you slam your expensive scuba bits against the rock. Also I think if you did manage to break anything it would likely rocket you backwards thanks to escaping air
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes ah. Well at least you'd die funny. Quite an image.
Loved Shaws Cove. Normally we dive NW. very cold. Viz varies from 25 feet to 25 inches. Anyway first time I saw your Garibaldi's I almost spit me reg out from laughing. Done know why but his expression just cracked me up. Nice videos. Cameras do not belong on masks. I tend to get seasick watching those. 🤢🤢
Thanks! We did a few dives up in Nainamo and it was damn cold and limited vis. Laguna is a gem that I feel lucky to have easy access too.
As much as I dislike having a handheld camera sometimes I also can’t stand any of the mounted footage. Too much swinging about