video - diving San Clemente on the Great Escape

[robint]

Labor Day weekend we spent 2 days diving on the Great Escape.

Day 1 was at San Clemente and we had 6 dives there (5 day dives and 1 night). Great dives with giant sea bass, schools of eagle rays, a few sea lions and a few octopi. Of course, I don't have any video of those! LOL I left the camcorder on the boat the first few dives... :shocked2: so of course the GSB were following us around! I will post a trip report next week when Ron gets all his still photos edited.

Anyhow, here is a video: http://www.vimeo.com/6505373
please let the video load all the way before playing!

camcorder: Canon HG-21, HD
housing: Ikelite, no lights for these dives, just the red filter

robin

 

[Teamcasa]

Nice work Robin.
Looks like the vis held up good as well.

 

[robint]

Nice work Robin.
Looks like the vis held up good as well.

thanks! Actually, the vis was 30-50' at best on most of the San Clemente sites. The camcorder does a great job disguising the particulate.

I am working on the video of Catalina... only took the camcorder in on one dive there, at Little Farnsworth. The other dive site we had there was awful vis, maybe 20' so I didn't get any footage there.

 

[vistasbelow]

Nice video, it make me really miss diving, I have been out of the water since March. I am dying and my gills are going away! thanks for sharing your video, I loved it. TS.

 

[fnfalman]

Robin,

Love the vid!!!

Next time when I'm back in Albuquerque again, what say we hit one of the local dive sites?

 

[robint]

thanks everybody! Diving conditions at San Clemente were perfect and Capt Tim did a great job getting us there and back (considering how ugly the seas were!).

fnfalman - don't know when you will be over, but the Rocky Mt Oysters Forum group here on SB is over at our local spot, Blue Hole in Santa Rosa NM on most weekends. We will be over in Nov when Ron is teaching again. I'm doubtful we will be over before then. Let us know when you are coming over though and I am sure someone from RMO will join you!

robin

 

[drbill]

Hey Robin, Clemente is a great dive... but I think you saw bat rays rather than true eagle rays (although they are in the same group).

 

[robint]

Hey Robin, Clemente is a great dive... but I think you saw bat rays rather than true eagle rays (although they are in the same group).

duh, did I saw eagle rays? I meant bat rays! yeah, I know the diffference. I didn't get them on video but others on the boat saw a sand channel where the bottom was covered with them, they said maybe 12-15 of them. Wish I had seen that! I usually only see one at a time. This trip I had one swim directly at me and as soon as I slowly pointed the camcorder at him he turned and was gone, nothing but tail and sand in the video.

 

[aku321]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[blue steal]

Robin that video was great, plus I loved the music.
Thanks for sharing with us.