Video of Hawksbill Turtle - having lunch, then a swim.

[HowardE]

Here's some video from today's dive (12/30/05) it was in a place called "God's Spot" just off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida.

The video is not that fancy... but it's cool footage... especially if you like turtles.

http://howardandmichelle.com/dive/videos/turtle12-30-05hq.wmv

Enjoy.

 

[Wildbill]

Very nice video, thanks for sharing. The area seems to be appropriately named.

Wildbill:cop_2:

 

[verona]

Thanks - enjoyed that!

 

[moneysavr]

Man Glad to see your back in the water! Nice video my sons loved it!
Who did you do the dive with?
I see HOODS ON???? You guys water temps in the lower 70's,
now thats Speedo weather up in Wisconsin! I'm down next weekend & may see you if your in town,trying to do a Largo wreck trip one day prior to going home,
Hey dive safe and say Hi to the wife-it snowed last night.
Brad

 

[HowardE]

Thanks Brad.... That was Michelle in the HOOD. Kevin and I also are donning the hoods as well. It was 73 yesterday.

We'll be in Colorado from the 4th - 18th... Will you be back at all the rest of the winter?

 

[fairybasslet]

Nice video

 

[Cacia]

Howarde, he did not miss a bite! Do you know exactly what he was eating?

Is it difficult to post video snipets or do you always link them?

 

[Makushr1]

Ha, I liked that. Sea Turtles are one of my favorite marine animals. If he could talk, he was probably saying 'why do these people keep following me?'
Thanks for the video!

 

[HowardE]

Howarde, he did not miss a bite! Do you know exactly what he was eating?

Is it difficult to post video snipets or do you always link them?

It looked like a piece of sponge.


It's not difficult to post video. I generally use windows movie maker to make simple WMVs that are easliy viewable. SB limits your file size to 4MBs which is a challenge... But I have my own web server, so I can post files as large as I want. This particular file is 12 MBs. For the good quality... I use at least 512kb/s file.

 

[HowardE]

Ha, I liked that. Sea Turtles are one of my favorite marine animals. If he could talk, he was probably saying 'why do these people keep following me?'
Thanks for the video!

I think it was pretty cool with me... I spent 15 minutes with the turtle. I was only about a foot away most of the time. I touched the shell a few times, and it could care less. It didn't make any attempt to get away. Actually... when I stopped swimming, so did the turtle... When we finally started swimming away... it followed us for a little bit.