Jo in the Blue - Diving Socorro with a wheelchair. Sharks, Mantas and Dolphins

The islands of Revillagigedo are a true diving Valhalla. Large pelagics swarm these magical rocks seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Here, a lot has been said, and a lot has been filmed. This time however, under the wing of the giant manta, there is a diver hidden that means just a tad bit more to us. This is the story of one diver's chase of ocean beauty, from the comfort of his own two wheels. Come discover Socorro with Jo, its hammerheads, dolphins, manta's, schools of jacks, in a way you've never seen before.
Production: Behind the Mask
Idea and Edit: Florian Fischer
Camera: Florian Fischer, Tony Meyer
Team: Tim De Deygere, Timon Koch, Dada Li, Tony Meyer, Florian Fischer
Supported by:
Behind the Mask Travel, our travel butler ( behind-the-mask.com/dive-travel/ )
Nauticam Underwater Housings ( www.nauticam.com )
DiveAssure, Travel Insurance ( diveassure.com )
Keldan UW Lights ( keldanlights.com )
OMS - Dive Equipment ( omsdive.eu )
Nautilus Adventures ( nautilusliveaboards.com )
PanOcean Photo our trusted reseller ( www.panoceanphoto.com )
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  • @Jo_Schuler
    @Jo_Schuler Жыл бұрын

    I feel honored to have an extra video edited by Behind the Mask. These were the most important moments I was able to experience underwater there. Thank you Flo again at this point

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    This now the second time we have been diving together. I know I speak for the whole team when I say, that you are leaving a strong impression on us. It is just great to hang out with you ... and that's what it is all about, right? To have a good time with appreciative people in the middle of Mother Nature. What should we do next?

  • @Jo_Schuler

    @Jo_Schuler

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheMask well, something with big fish😁

  • @amandeis

    @amandeis

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jo_Schuler Deshalb hast du dir also das RBWT entgehen lassen. Bist entschuldigt Alter😁😜😘

  • @aballent
    @aballent Жыл бұрын

    Herzergreifend, gefühlvoll und einfach unbeschreiblich klasse! 🥰

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Danke für die netten Worte. Das freut uns!

  • @lorifromtemeculaca426
    @lorifromtemeculaca426 Жыл бұрын

    I loved all the dancing & to see a viking flying with mantas! Oden & Poseidon would be so proud! ;-)

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    haha, yes... a celebration it was. 🙏

  • @abeach5420
    @abeach5420 Жыл бұрын

    T. H. I. S. . . . Congrats to 'Jo' -- what a dream & accomplishment.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes Jo ... congrats.

  • @ryanmarshik8971
    @ryanmarshik8971 Жыл бұрын

    Jo, son of Poseidon and star of Socorro🤙

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @meowandering
    @meowandering10 ай бұрын

    It's so so amazing Not just only the large pelagics swarm, the way of video editing, with music, they are all amazing!!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much! What could be better?

  • @leehouston4395
    @leehouston4395 Жыл бұрын

    Hammerheads and dolphins in the same frame! Socorro is top of my list for 2024.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely one of the highlights we experienced there!

  • @tauchenmithandicap4810
    @tauchenmithandicap4810 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic, stunning to see the possibilities. Scuba diving without limits and without barriers. Love it!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏 The way its supposed to be.

  • @DaanVerhoeven
    @DaanVerhoeven Жыл бұрын

    how epically lovely - and great dancing!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahah thank you so much buddy! Let's catch up soon!

  • @juergensuetel19
    @juergensuetel19 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures and sharing those special moments! Again and again a pleasure to see your projects! Many greetings Eva & Jürgen

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys. 🙏

  • @theweekendwarriorph
    @theweekendwarriorph Жыл бұрын

    Oh. My. Odin. What a beautiful masterpiece.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad you enjoyed it!

  • @knowinginnature8787
    @knowinginnature8787 Жыл бұрын

    How Beautiful, made me cry with happiness for life!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    We love that! Thank you for sharing and stay with us!

  • @user-yq5vx1qf3z
    @user-yq5vx1qf3z Жыл бұрын

    Supervideo!!!!!!!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏

  • @diveflyfish
    @diveflyfish Жыл бұрын

    Very nice timing in the video editing! Excellent use of Andrew Judah's haunting piece "Purge." You are masters of transitions between frame rates! Love it. Bravo! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate that, more to come!

  • @KelseyBowen-cb2bk
    @KelseyBowen-cb2bk Жыл бұрын

    How amazingly beautiful

  • @bzunderwater2050
    @bzunderwater2050 Жыл бұрын

    I love this so much. Just beautiful. Tell a story with no words. Socorro is amazing.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Just anbelievable ... in the middle of the sea, such a melting pod for pelagic animals. Indeed a wonderful place. Have you been there?

  • @dannyballet2779
    @dannyballet2779 Жыл бұрын

    Love it! Thank you for sharing!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Pleasure as always!

  • @aquamanproductions
    @aquamanproductions Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! I love this. And wow, Socorro Island? Legendary in so many ways!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Socorro Island indeed!

  • @johnmiskin4905
    @johnmiskin4905 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely excellent, beautifully filmed.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you John!

  • @commanderkrieger
    @commanderkrieger Жыл бұрын

    Everything is possible and nice to see a happy Jo

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy Jo is best Jo!

  • @Michael-ps7ji
    @Michael-ps7ji Жыл бұрын

    Great vibe in this video. Really captured it all beautifully, especially the off angles on the mantas.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Michael ... thanks a lot. Filming the Manta was such nice experience. They actually are not too shy and if you stay calm and don't stress them, they can be filmed quite closely.

  • @lorifromtemeculaca426
    @lorifromtemeculaca426 Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring footage & loved 1:54 !

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    The rays have a special sense for the music. Always a pleasure. 🙏

  • @ExpeditionDrenched
    @ExpeditionDrenched Жыл бұрын

    This warms my heart! Amazing as always Behind the Mask xx

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    We love comments like this!

  • @TravelDiveNMore
    @TravelDiveNMore8 ай бұрын

    Amaaaaazing! Such an inspirational and moving video 💙💙💙

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!! All credit to Jo!

  • @pantarheioceanlove2291
    @pantarheioceanlove2291 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful production again!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    We love your kind comments!

  • @TheBronzorN
    @TheBronzorN Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful ❤

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @Joeri2K3
    @Joeri2K3 Жыл бұрын

    Wow ! You keep inspiring me ! Hope to see the same stuff when we go there later this year 🙂

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    We hope so for you too! Or maybe more!

  • @barbarapierog7448
    @barbarapierog7448 Жыл бұрын

    I've have got a honour to be a volunteer in HSA diving. It's just a freedom. Wish You all the best under and above the water!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Freedom is what we all strive for.

  • @sinetwo
    @sinetwo Жыл бұрын

    High quality production, incredible editing. Very heartwarming to see him dive.

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Makes us feel good reading this!

  • @sammoyers905
    @sammoyers905 Жыл бұрын

    Stunning visuals, edited together beautifully. Love, love, love the soundtrack. ❤

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate that Sam!

  • @creationjoseephine
    @creationjoseephine Жыл бұрын

    Wonderfull... Free in the ocean

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the mantra!

  • @SchumiLinho
    @SchumiLinho Жыл бұрын

    In each of your videos you arouse so many emotions in me. Thank you to each and every one of you!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Please describe some of them, we love to hear it!

  • @SchumiLinho

    @SchumiLinho

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheMask I had goosebumps right away and it's just so nice to see that you make it possible for someone who is in a wheelchair to experience something like this. If you have empathy, you can put yourself in the scenario and be happy with everyone involved.

  • @GrantPorter
    @GrantPorter Жыл бұрын

    absolutely stunning

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @geovannyporras5063
    @geovannyporras5063 Жыл бұрын

    You guys are amazing

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Makes our day, Geovanny!

  • @thatoneguy7047
    @thatoneguy70475 ай бұрын

    Get that man a DPV!

  • @InfiniteBlue_
    @InfiniteBlue_ Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Story, Awesome shots, awesome editing and awesome place! Love it!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a lot of awesome!

  • @Zeesh009
    @Zeesh009 Жыл бұрын

    Seems like a memorable trip 👍

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    It was for everyone involved!

  • @francisglassup632
    @francisglassup632 Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring guy! Footage is pretty good too ;)

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Francis. Thanks a ton. Hope you are doing fine. What are you up to?

  • @francisglassup632

    @francisglassup632

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheMask Hey! Well....family life has well and truly constricted my diving and photography plans. After a lot of nappy changing I have started to dive again, though i have to pick where i go very carefully as my time is precious. We have just moved to Brazil! Hopefully I can catch up with you at some point in the near future perhaps in Latin America. Hope you're doing good and have lots of interesting projects! ;)

  • @francisglassup632

    @francisglassup632

    Жыл бұрын

    Socorro! what a place!

  • @Aramos6399
    @Aramos6399 Жыл бұрын

    I have been to the Socorros myself 2016. After having seen this I have to come back soon. Where else can you see bottlenose dolphins and hammerheads in one frame?

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Good observation. Yes that's a hammerhead and dolphin train. But I can't remember,ber we saw that anytime again. Quite a surprise for everyone present.

  • @Aramos6399

    @Aramos6399

    Жыл бұрын

    Is this at San Benedicto?

  • @lizzybits7777
    @lizzybits7777 Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos so much!! This one is incredible and the one you did at Tiger Beach is beyond amazing! We did this trip to Socorro last May with Nautilus and it was magical. We are going to the Cocos Island with Nautilus next month -- wish you were going to be there too! You are a true inspiration!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    We love that wholehearted reply Lizzy! Hope you had a blast!

  • @lizzybits7777

    @lizzybits7777

    11 ай бұрын

    @@BehindtheMask @@BehindtheMask

  • @KelseyBowen-cb2bk
    @KelseyBowen-cb2bk Жыл бұрын

    I’m actually diving with sharks in 5 days & im paralyzed & have been searching for videos just to kinda study up lol! What a beautiful dive! He’s amazing fella!

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    He is Kelsey! Enjoy your diving adventure!

  • @KelseyBowen-cb2bk

    @KelseyBowen-cb2bk

    Жыл бұрын

    I actually just got back from my trip last night. Aside from having my children and getting baptized and devoting my life to Christ as a new creature, this is on the top of the most amazing things I’ve ever experienced in my life! I felt so at home in the water with those sharks, I felt they were some of the most beautiful and graceful and majestic, intelligent creations of God that I have ever been around or seen. So being that I am a paraplegic and I was able to do that and just live my life to the fullest in that moment, it was truly one of the top 10 moments in my 36 years that still has my soul literally smiling. I recommend it to any and everyone. I was able to see pool, sharks, silkies, sandbar sharks, and down deep. It was a young want to come out to close, but she did try to takeoff that crate with the charm. Lol. Nonetheless, my unicorn shark, the great hammerhead I didn’t get to see, but that’s OK because I plan on going on a four month shark excursion in Jupiter, Florida again, Bahamas, Andros, islands, Australia and definitely New Zealand but I will have to finish that trip up with the place. I wanna go to the most and that’s Guadalupe Mexico to see the great whites! I am a shark, nerd, straight up! But there really was some thing that was a special moment when one of those silkies swam up and was facing me completely I mean, probably less than an arms length directly in front of my face just looking at me probably wondering what the hell I was lol. But I truly did have the most amazing time. It was certainly life-changing and dreams come true type of trip. I for sure know that this is not the last time that I will be doing a dive with my favorite Apex predator’s!

  • @p-dog2837
    @p-dog2837 Жыл бұрын

    Feier ich

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Wir auch. Dann feiern wir zusammen. 🙏

  • @user-cb6nv2yi5o
    @user-cb6nv2yi5o Жыл бұрын

    Это потрясающее видео!!! Приезжайте в Россию у нас можно понырять с китами🇷🇺🐳

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @tobyarmstrongcameraman9207
    @tobyarmstrongcameraman9207 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work as always. Do you shot anamorphic lens of letterbox?

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Hey. 🙏. No that's not anamorphic, just cropped because the cinema scope has this magic to it.

  • @AquaticRod
    @AquaticRod Жыл бұрын

    Magnificent! Is it me, or Jo looks a bit too negatively buoyant and is having to constantly paddle to go up?

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! It's Jo's epic way of moving forward in the water!

  • @Jo_Schuler

    @Jo_Schuler

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BehindtheMask exactly

  • @BehindtheMask

    @BehindtheMask

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jo_Schuler Hey Jo. Welcome here!