miket
Guest
Hello everyone,
I shot some cool video this last weekend at the Huntington Beach Oil Rigs . First dive was at Oil Rig Eureka, this dive was my deepest yet (127 feet), the rig structure was very dramatic. It's amazing that every square inch of space is covered with layers and layers of ocean life. There were lots of interesting macro subjects, giant schools of anchovies, big Sheepshead fish, and lots of different rock fish species. My buddies and I got buzzed by some Sea Lions, and while at the surface got to see a pair of Finback whales and a feeding pod of Dolphings (feeding on the schools of Anchovies).
Second dive was at Oil platform Elly, the vis was a bit lower at this rig, but there so much macro life to shoot the lower vis wasn't an issue. There seems to be an invasion of brittle stars at the Elly platform. There were some really cool looking anemones all over the rigs. There were also a surprising number of nesting male Garibaldi fish, rare for so far away from any kind of nearshore reef.
As always, Reefseekers presented a great dive trip that felt safe. The Magician dive boat's crew was great and food was awesome as always.
I made a higher resolution video this time around due to the ammount of detail I was able to capture on the rigs. It may take a while to download. I added a lower resolution one if bigger one wont play.
Southern California Oil Rig video - WMV Windows Media 50mb
Here is a smaller 30mb version...
Let me know what you think...
- Cheers,
MikeT
I shot some cool video this last weekend at the Huntington Beach Oil Rigs . First dive was at Oil Rig Eureka, this dive was my deepest yet (127 feet), the rig structure was very dramatic. It's amazing that every square inch of space is covered with layers and layers of ocean life. There were lots of interesting macro subjects, giant schools of anchovies, big Sheepshead fish, and lots of different rock fish species. My buddies and I got buzzed by some Sea Lions, and while at the surface got to see a pair of Finback whales and a feeding pod of Dolphings (feeding on the schools of Anchovies).
Second dive was at Oil platform Elly, the vis was a bit lower at this rig, but there so much macro life to shoot the lower vis wasn't an issue. There seems to be an invasion of brittle stars at the Elly platform. There were some really cool looking anemones all over the rigs. There were also a surprising number of nesting male Garibaldi fish, rare for so far away from any kind of nearshore reef.
As always, Reefseekers presented a great dive trip that felt safe. The Magician dive boat's crew was great and food was awesome as always.
I made a higher resolution video this time around due to the ammount of detail I was able to capture on the rigs. It may take a while to download. I added a lower resolution one if bigger one wont play.
Southern California Oil Rig video - WMV Windows Media 50mb
Here is a smaller 30mb version...
Let me know what you think...
- Cheers,
MikeT
