Mapping an UNEXPLORED Cave for the first time!
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Jonathan and Todd join cave explorer Mike Young to assist with his ongoing exploration of Chun-Ha Cenote located right in the middle of the city of San Miguel on the island of Cozumel. It's Jonathan's first time laying line into virgin cave passages! After it's surveyed, the team can see where it goes on Google maps under buildings, streets and parks!
WARNING! Cave diving is a potentially dangerous activity. Do not dive in caves without proper equipment and training. This video is in no way intended to be instructional.
JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD is an Emmy Award-winning underwater science/adventure series featuring underwater cinematographer/naturalist Jonathan Bird.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:36 Arrive at the cave
6:55 Starting the dive
9:24 Maya Beehives
12:05 Jonathan gets the reel
17:12 Surveying the line
19:33 Seeing the map
21:48 Close
Пікірлер: 134
Not a cave diver but came to appreciate this fact - every time they dive there is a chance they find something that is "pre-great flood" or the 135-200ft rise that happened 10k years ago. That makes it extra exciting when it's a new place.
You boldly went where no one has gone before - for 60 feet. Better than most of us! Congrats!
Thank you for the shoutout! Looks like there’s so much more cave left to be explored! When are we going back?!
@Pnwdive
Ай бұрын
I love how blueworldtv , also dive talk stated they’ll never cave explore now they’re explorers!!!! 🧭 it’s amazing!
@connorvenegas
Ай бұрын
Diving with you guys and Jonathan would be amazing! While I still have a long way to go (both skillwise and financially), I intend to get trained on a Kiss Rebreather someday and at the very least, get cavern certified. Currently, my highest certifications are AOW and Nitrox 40% O2, with 75 logged dives. I'm also looking to hopefully get into an AAUS Scientific Diving Program this summer through my university, since I am a third year Marine Biology major. It's always awesome to see my two favorite dive channels working together. You both have inspired me to take my diving career beyond the recreational level as there is so much to discover in the blue world! 🐠🐟🦭🐡🤿
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Just keep diving!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Not our fault. We never turn down a cool invitation. And exploring under the supervision of an expert is a lot different than doing it alone.
@Pnwdive
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV I completely understand but you’re still exploring! You guys are amazing!!
Gus is also there ! Long life to Dive Talk & Blue World!
The mapping software is the star of the show to me, that's awesome.
remember to do your single wraps over the top of the line. It's a small optimization that if you drop the spool, it's not lost because it's hanging off the line. ❤
Always a great day when Jonathan uploads!
Terrific video! Thanks for showing the process and not overdoing the whole “Cave diving is the most dangerous sport in the world” thing.
I watched you as a kid im in college now. thanks showing me the beauty of the underwater world ❤
Great to see you are now a trained surveyor! ;)
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
I wouldn't say trained...maybe slightly initiated!
i’ve been watching this channel with my brother since i was around 2 years old, and i still love watching it!! this channel basically raised me :)
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
You rock! Glad to be part of your life!!
You're brave, I would be terrified
Did you dive into a cave !! marvelous!! I respect your brave heart!
What an honour to experiece the yet explore path of the cave together, proud of you guys as always!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks!!
what a cool experience and opportunity that less than .1% of people could ever say they've done!
Awesome. Your cave line laying status of virgin is now successfully revoked! Great video, I didn't know how they mapped out these. Fascinating.
Cave exploration is tight!
Wow.. insane how thats just right in the middle of a residential area. Very cool cave that can help undertand Earth history given its uniqe situation. Cool you got to lay down new line, how thrilling!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!!
These videos are so well crafted they could be in the cinema, such a joy to be able to watch them, but this one in particular was also scary as it brings home to me how critical those lines are, they are really life lines! I know there are lost line drills, but boy if anything happened to the line.. But still national geographic level documentaries on youtube is a gift. Thanks again so much for making these truly incredible films! I call them films as their quality is way beyond video!
@BlueWorldTV
Күн бұрын
Thank you!!
Funny, Jonathon did some REAL work 😄
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Hey, making videos is real work!!
@yechihonami8079
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTVWell people ALREADY go through the cave that you explore most of the time. So your just doing no work technically. Right?
What a great adventure and awesome video! So many changes in the water, bacteria, dirt, salt water, fresh water, rocks, stalactites! You also had a guy from dive talk in your video.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Gus was an Easter Egg. LOL
Great creative and mapping work, Mr. Bird. Loved every bit of it. 👍🥽🫧
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@SaurabhOKumar
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV Thank you Sir....Keep up the Good Work...Your narration and basic approach in all your video productions are great inspirations for me!! All the Best Wishes!!
Great episode and great exploring!
Really fascinating! Great episode
I love this adventure! Amazing!😁
Keep uploading these amazing videos..
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Will do!
Wow very cool to see a new cave!
Super cool
So this is why you got the certs!!! Exploring new places sounds fun, especially if you're the first there!!! Running late as I had projects needing full focus xxx
I had an exam today and I swear watching this video just made my day 1000x better and calmed my nerves before I walked into the exam
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Glad we could help! Did you get an A?
@serineprotease0105
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTVhahaha I will not find out until a month later, but nonetheless it was a huge exam that I needed to calm down to problem solve for!
Good Dive. I miss that huge part of my life. I now have a 2ATA hard stop. Or else. 👍👌. Best
I love this broo
Love your work. ALso the reason he explores so fast is because i assume when he does it its all business and no cameras, unlike with your cameras you want to capture it all and EXPLORE. Love your videos and work, i have been all over the world and explored caves and sites all thanks to your awesome fun videos. Keep it up and stay safe, Greetings from Canada
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes that's totally true. Filming really slows things down. When we work with a dive operation or a dive expedition for the first time, we explain to them that we are not here to do a dive. We are here to make an exciting episode about a dive...and that's totally different. It takes way longer.
Awesome
Jonathan birds nest haha nice man even better than the birdcage ;)
Wow 😮
Sweet dive!
5:23 "Observe the Cave Diver out of his natural habitat. See the waddle he must use to transverse this alien landscape." *David Attenborough voice*
Excellent video!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks!!
I never knew that you guys also went ahead and got Cave CCR certified?! Didn't you want to film that training as well?
Wish I was with you! Hi from the D.R.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Good cave diving there?
@LoveCaveDiving
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV Yes! A good variety too. Some decorated Like "Cueva Taina" and "El Asfalto". Most have no flow. We even have the infamous "El Dudu" which is a real nice dive. No real restrictions except where the Italian guys went. If you ever come let me know. 😊
Blue World TV is the best.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
That thing with the spool works only when you have thin gloves on. Or none at all. But in icy water its a challenge to get the rope out of that hole.
Congratulations, guys! That's quite the bucket list item! Ah, man, I just saw the part where Mike was using the Petrel attached to the clipboard for the surveying. As the guy at Shearwater who wrote the driver for the compass chip on the NERD (later ported to the Petrel) I am incredibly proud that our compass is being used for something this cool. What a treat to see.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
That little rig he has with the shearwater mounted to the slate is super slick!! You get compass and depth from the same screen at the same time. Very easy!! As someone who LOVES LOVES LOVES all his Shearwaters (I have 4 I think) I just want to say to you thank you for making the best dive computer the world has ever seen!!!
@TheRealWulfderay
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV you are so welcome!
Epic video, glad you guys enjoyed the new challenge. What type of knot did Mike use to tie off the end of the line?
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
No idea. I'll ask him.
Hot diggity dog! This is dynamic!
Greetings from southern Ontario Canada I really enjoyed the video very educational but the point of entry to the cave under water is squishy and smelly 😮I always thought a sidewinder was,something different, I don't know what it is like to be able to navigate through this cave like atmosphere but several meters under water
Mike is one of the best divers in the world in not a diver but I want to be mike is the guy I want to learn from Especially wen cave diving
If I ever went cave diving, I think I would just be hugging the line the entire time
@BlueWorldTV
Күн бұрын
As long as you can see it, you're good!!
@emilychoplin8635
Күн бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV I’d still be too paranoid to let go of it.
Your videos are a joy to watch Johnathan, brilliantly narrated. 👍👍
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thank you!!! And thanks for watching!
I remember Gus's Labyrinth very good 😂
Great, very interesting video. I did not get what you just said about how Mike calculated the distances.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Yeah, we should have covered it better but we didn't have any footage of it. Before the dive, they put knots in the line every ten feet. So once the line has been laid out in the cave and you are doing the survey on the way back, you count the knots between tie-offs to get the distance. You have to kind of guess on "half knots" or "quarter knots" because it rarely ends up being exactly an integer number of knots from one to the next tie-off.
The most surprising thing was the ancient beehives.
21:54 that's awesome the names
@BlueWorldTV
9 күн бұрын
I agree!!
amazing video ! may I ask how far the spacing was between knots on the survey line ?
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Ten feet is the standard.
Pretty amazing to have your name used to name a section of the cave! I’m curious to know the land thickness of the above streets..is it safe to suggest the roof won’t ever collapse? Scariest thing for me is that the flashlight beam does not reach an end..it dissolves into the darkness of the cave…seen too many movies 😅 however spooling the lines would definitely take my mind off the edge and concentrate with the task at hand..stay safe!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
In some places it's only like 20 feet of rock above.
5:01 small turtle just about the cylinder
filmed in such a way that you can use it for VR purposes? I would love to explore this type of thing in VR goggles from the loungeroom!
Hey Blueworld Team, I noticed John and crew use LocLine and foam instead of float arms. Is there any technical reason for that? I'm about to balance my own Nauticam housing and I haven't seen many folks using locLine for lights. Also interested in experienced folks perspectives
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Because I shoot video, I'm not using big heavy strobes, but relatively lightweight BigBlue video lights. So you don't need big heavy ball arms that have to be clamped and unclamped to adjust. I like to be able to just move the light. The LocLine is stiff enough to hold a video light but I can just reach up and adjust it easily. Saves a lot of time since I adjust my lights for nearly every shot.
@brandonm1088
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV very good to hear! I'm also purely video. I'll look more into this thank you all!
Hey, it's Gus!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
He snuck in there!
Please be careful 😮
you should try here in the Philippines.
@BlueWorldTV
Күн бұрын
Tell me more!
@M4k4veliTV
Күн бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV there's a lot of island here in the Philippines. Wonderful diving spot. I'm fan since 2019.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. I felt for you guys having to put those hot wet suits on, but I did have a few laughs watching you all walk through the mud.Congrats on laying your first virgin line. I'm looking forward to your next beautiful video. ❤
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!! Next month we will be looking at the marine life in the cave.
@cathyboyd5545
Ай бұрын
@BlueWorldTV That's great. I'm looking forward to it and as always, stay safe.
What was max depth of the dive?
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
My computer says 61 feet. Not too deep.
So all these houses are built on sinkholes waiting to happen?
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Yes!
Not just the bacteria, this thing must be full of heavy metals and hydrocarbons too
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
I don't want to know! Let's just say I disinfected my ears when I got out!
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you could do a different intro for tec-like diving videos
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
That's not a bad idea.
😯😯😯😯
You know if you’re with Mike young ITS HAPPENING
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Usually quickly!!
you laid MILLIONS (of micrometers) OF LINE, MAN!!! that's absolutely cool!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
I like that!!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thousands of.....millimeters!
You know how he says that “We only post like 1 vid a month” and the channel is 17 years old and there are 12 months in a year? And 12x17=204? SO HOW DOES BLUE WORLD HAVE 426 VIDEOS!? (No disrespect)
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Sometimes more!
That’s a little dangerous..
wow, what a great example! laying survey line in anewly explored cave as a personal record and communion example. awesome mapping system and way too expect new directions. I was wondering if there were any leads to the ocean front side from outside or from inside passages? thank you for sharing!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Nothing connecting to the ocean yet, but it's not that far so there might be something! Only one way to find out!
@jonathansantos2271
Ай бұрын
Most people don't have walrus footage underwater ....what do you think of such things?
@jonathansantos2271
29 күн бұрын
if I had a super boat I would invite you and your family to join me....regardless of the future results... thank you for existing with your video motivations💌
I've visit that place, you do know your swimming in poop, the people run their sewage in open water way there.
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Yeah...disinfect your ears afterwards!
@tinkertron
Ай бұрын
@@BlueWorldTV and get your shots
Yay! Cozumel is my favorite
Amazing!
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
❤
Have you already planned to go to the Felicitas mine? 🤿⛏️🔥
@BlueWorldTV
Ай бұрын
I REALLY want to go there!!!