Torpedo Ray at Folly Cove

[KapitanSparrow]

A little video of the elusive Folly Cove torpedo ray. I waited the whole summer to finally see it ;-) Then I saw a second torpedo ray at Loblolly Point on Monday, September 2, 2013. Filmed on location during the Labor Dive Weekend on Saturday, August 31, 2013.

[video=youtube_share;DlrCJyRQ56A]http://youtu.be/DlrCJyRQ56A[/video]

 

[kelemvor]

Nice!

 

[Leftyjeb]

Nice!

Amazing! Please describe how you got that shot where it goes over the camera. GoPro? Was it mounted on something? It doesn't even make sense!

 

[KapitanSparrow]

Thanks guys. I raced ahead of the ray, placed the GoPro in the sand and moved away. The ray passed over it. Then I did it two more times. It headed for deeper water and stopped at about 65 ft. We were low on air by then so we headed back to shore.

 

[DavidInNH]

Very cool video! Nice how you got it to pass right over the camera.

 

[paulthenurse]

Am I the only one who flashed back to the opening scene from Star Wars? Very nice shot.

 

[large_diver]

More kudos for the "undercarriage" shot. I was watching it thinking "holy crap....he's letting the thing swim right over him" before realizing you must have placed the camera in front of him. Thanks a lot for sharing. You can really get a sense of how big it was with your buddy in some of the shots.

 

[tracydr]

That was really cool. I live rays. When I went to Pemba Island, Africa we saw a ton of different rays, including Sting Rays. Loved how you got that shot!

 

[dumpsterDiver]

that was an awesome shot with the Go Pro set in the sand! I have captured some cool video, by setting the rig down in the sand, but that was better.

Is anyone else afraid of those rays, the first fatal dive accident I have been involved in occurred in an area where a very large one had been hanging out. I always wondered if it had shocked the diver and that is what killed him..

 

[KapitanSparrow]

Am I the only one who flashed back to the opening scene from Star Wars? Very nice shot.

I had actually set this video to a track from Star Wars Return of the Jedi, but I had this weird ticking noise appear each time I uploaded it to youtube. I had almost lost the vid after GoPro ruined the memory card. There is an issue with 64gb SanDisk cards. I have spent 3 nights and $150 on getting my videos recovered. I lost some, but this precious jewel I finally got back on the third night. Glad I could share it. ;-)