Saltwater park from the sky and below

[stphnmartin]

My buddy and I dived Saltwater Park yesterday and the conditions were very nice. Slack before a small exchange provided for zero current and the viz was a cooperative 25 feet with particulate. The reef was really teaming with life. More so than I recall in the recent past. Sometimes this site can be sterile but we ran into schools of rock fish on the way down northern buoy line. There were schools of perch too making things very active. We landed on an octo den and made our way down and up the northern reef. There was so much to see we moved slowly and decided to skip the middle reef and hit the southern one before heading back to shore. We spotted a shy, junvenile wolf eel in the small rock field at the head of the southern reef.

I was torn between doing a second dive since the conditions were so nice. But, that surface swim has a way of making you feel content with one.

I haven't put together a video in a while or used the camera much lately, so it was good to knock the cobwebs off the setup. Still trying to incorporate drone footage in a meaningful way. Check it out if you'd like:

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[Dusty2]

Nice, Adds a new prospective to the underwater stuff and shows just how far that is!
Sure wouldn't want to hit that at low tide!

[stphnmartin]

Thanks. Actually, at low tide you can walk pretty far which some think is easier. Particularly when there's current.

[Linedog]

Very nice, great use of above and below.

[LowDrag]

I agree with Linedog. You did a great job of putting the aerial footage together with the underwater footage. I saw another video by one of our club members on Facebook the other day that did something very similar....VERY COOL!!!

[Scubie Doo]

That was a really cool video. I loved the underwater lighting too, you did a great job!

[ratfishlvr]

Cool video! I liked the split screen stuff where you show the drone taking off and also what the view is from the drone. I am surprised how stable it is for a video platform. Nice work.