Santa Monica Free Diver

Santa Monica Free Diver

Santa Monica is an amazing place to freedive. Yes, there is beautiful and healthy sea life and it is closer than you think. Let me take you on an adventure through the lens of my camera and you will see stingrays, lobsters, crabs, kelp, sharks, and so many other gorgeous creatures!

Freediving Lobster at Night

Freediving Lobster at Night

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  • @maineoutdoorsman677
    @maineoutdoorsman6772 ай бұрын

    Get on bottom or get ur ass bite buy a shark Um not every good at remembering no faster then ur bubbles or ull get the bends

  • @neilwiththedeal
    @neilwiththedeal3 ай бұрын

    The lobster family was the cutest thing I’ve seen all year

  • @Minnesota76
    @Minnesota76 Жыл бұрын

    Where's that at? I am going California July 10 trying to look for place like this to go diving record using my phone

  • @rojo_buffalo
    @rojo_buffalo Жыл бұрын

    This feels like a scene from Jaws!

  • @theanswerisinthebackofyourhead
    @theanswerisinthebackofyourhead Жыл бұрын

    THERE IS NO WAY I AM SWIMMING IN THOSE WATERS, THE WATER IS TO COLD AND THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT WHITE SHARKS OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY AROUND SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FARRALLON ISLANDS, VERY DANGEROUS AND RISKY TO SNORKEL, SWIM AND SURF IN THE OCEAN IN CALIFORNIA.

  • @Miles-xz3tc
    @Miles-xz3tc Жыл бұрын

    Shark on bottom left under the rocks at 2:39

  • @justsayin644
    @justsayin6442 жыл бұрын

    i was just waiting for the great white to make an appearance. Pretty brave swimming so far out there in those waters.

  • @spiceo2
    @spiceo22 жыл бұрын

    This is what I love about freediving, it's a whole other world once you duck beneath the surface, you never know what you're gonna find! I live near Santa Monica and I can't say that I've ever swam in the water, looking at it from the pier you wouldn't expect anything to be out there, just a bunch of flat sand until it reaches the deeper areas. But, look at that, albeit not the best visibility- there's a whole ecosystem not that far off the coastline! So cool :)

  • @BrendaLopez-ql3bq
    @BrendaLopez-ql3bq2 жыл бұрын

    Cool i naver knew in los angeles ocean thers no sharks

  • @amnesia.-.
    @amnesia.-.2 жыл бұрын

    Where are the sharks

  • @oneofthesixbillion
    @oneofthesixbillion2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Looks more tropical than I imagined. I guess the water is pretty warm there. Up the coast, north of Santa Cruz, the water is in the low to mid 50s.

  • @inexorably4076
    @inexorably40762 жыл бұрын

    I hate the idea of just being in the middle of the ocean like that, but it does like beautiful

  • @Roy_335is
    @Roy_335is3 жыл бұрын

    I wanna do this but I have to do it alone cause not one of my friends would and I’m afraid of sharks lol

  • @tonysirius3215
    @tonysirius32153 жыл бұрын

    How deep is this?

  • @lisamahony8390
    @lisamahony83903 жыл бұрын

    I, of course would credit you

  • @lisamahony8390
    @lisamahony83903 жыл бұрын

    I really like your dive, can I use some of it for creating a painting?

  • @shitboxoffroad
    @shitboxoffroad3 жыл бұрын

    Can you take a boat nearby?

  • @maxinpains6937
    @maxinpains69373 жыл бұрын

    LoL let me know next time when you going out. I'm down ! ,😉

  • @maxinpains6937
    @maxinpains69373 жыл бұрын

    It's freaking polluted Actually ... LoL

  • @naive8154
    @naive81543 жыл бұрын

    It's not polluted

  • @buceador1
    @buceador13 жыл бұрын

    Excellent free diving spot, full of Garibaldi and lobster, amazing to know that Santa Monica had all that just in front of the beach.

  • @jackcampbell1207
    @jackcampbell12073 жыл бұрын

    that sheephead at 3:48. I wish I had my speargun in my hand!

  • @maxinpains6937
    @maxinpains69373 жыл бұрын

    No spear gun fishing allowed in California.

  • @jackcampbell1207
    @jackcampbell12073 жыл бұрын

    @@maxinpains6937 where did you get the confidence to answer that? As a spear fisher living in socal I can confirm that you don’t know what you’re talking about

  • @justsayin644
    @justsayin6442 жыл бұрын

    can't you just appreciate the beauty of nature without feeling the need to kill it for once!

  • @Fernandez711
    @Fernandez7113 жыл бұрын

    Man there should be more octopuses. I caught 2 a couple days ago by accident

  • @davidortega357
    @davidortega3573 жыл бұрын

    What about Abalone no more

  • @repentUsinner
    @repentUsinner3 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Santa Monica for 12 years. Who'd thought such bright orange fish and lobsters?

  • @qique
    @qique3 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone tell me the name of those lobster type creatures? Thanks!

  • @Omnicurious
    @Omnicurious3 жыл бұрын

    California spiny lobster.

  • @mateuszkotow17
    @mateuszkotow174 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t know Los Angeles area ocean is so amazing underwater

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters2223 жыл бұрын

    oh it's really not, this is very very far out. It's usually rocks or sand lol

  • @fedthegoon
    @fedthegoon3 жыл бұрын

    @@ejectoraircoasters222 obviously your at a beach

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters2223 жыл бұрын

    @@fedthegoon no but I will be in about 20 minutes. Good old LA El Porto, the place with no sea life and oil refineries and smoke stacks on the shore

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters2223 жыл бұрын

    @@fedthegoon also if you’re saying “u don’t know what the sea floor is like, you’re not at the beach” I’ve been to basically every beach in LA. Just saying. None of them except SaMo pier and Lunada Bay have any reef or cool sea floor at all. Everything else is just sand or rocks

  • @m.ricardohayes7531
    @m.ricardohayes75314 жыл бұрын

    I went to Santa Monica High School 1952-1955 and used to fish off the pier as well as rent and take a rowboat to fish and free dive the breakwater like the diver videoing for the many fish and lobsters that were present. I remember well the buttermouth perch, sargo, pile perch, calico bass, garibaldi perch (illegal to spear), opal eye perch, and the lobsters of course (during season). The water was mostly cold and usually clearer than this video, and I saw no blue sharks and especially no great white ones either. Pleasant memories those were and the pier looks entirely different now. You could also see the palisades and other beautiful areas down towards Malibu. Life was a little bit more sane then, than now.

  • @m.ricardohayes7531
    @m.ricardohayes75314 жыл бұрын

    I went to Santa Monica High School 1952-1955 and used to fish off the pier as well as rent and take a rowboat to fish and free dive the breakwater like the diver videoing for the many fish and lobsters that were present. I remember well the buttermouth perch, sargo, pile perch, calico bass, garibaldi perch (illegal to spear), opal eye perch, and the lobsters of course (during season). The water was mostly cold and usually clearer than this video, and I saw no blue sharks and especially no great white ones either. Pleasant memories those were and the pier looks entirely different now. You could also see the palisades and other beautiful areas down towards Malibu. Life was a little bit more sane then, than now.

  • @Ethan-sh4rh
    @Ethan-sh4rh3 жыл бұрын

    ayeeee i’m attending SAMO right now!😳

  • @maxinpains6937
    @maxinpains69373 жыл бұрын

    I remember catching boat in my back yard ...🐗 And did big bbq party. Long long time ago ... Now teenage pricks calling me I don't belong this country get out here... LoL 🤣

  • @tonysirius3215
    @tonysirius32153 жыл бұрын

    Probably searched for this video huh old timer. Sounds like you lived a life others will ever live. A dying art. Hope you enjoyed your work artist.

  • @juandiegoarenas6284
    @juandiegoarenas62844 жыл бұрын

    I have been there too! In GTA V...

  • @JOSUEEOFFICIAL
    @JOSUEEOFFICIAL4 жыл бұрын

    Don’t think y’all understand the amount of courage this takes

  • @bensonlim1914
    @bensonlim19143 жыл бұрын

    The most courageous/stupid part of it all is that he decided to go alone without a dive buddy

  • @OceanEarthGreen
    @OceanEarthGreen4 жыл бұрын

    very cool. I've been wondering about this location and the old breakwall. Think I'm going to dive it soon after watching your video. Thank you !

  • @kylechristensen8970
    @kylechristensen89704 жыл бұрын

    Very cool! I am hoping to get out there this summer. Is that a shark at 7:25?

  • @sonchild2881
    @sonchild28813 жыл бұрын

    No it's your mum

  • @Man0fMeans
    @Man0fMeans4 жыл бұрын

    What is that, 12-18 feet?

  • @unbeknownstx12
    @unbeknownstx124 жыл бұрын

    lmao fish are prolly like wait human ur not s'posed to be out here wtf haha

  • @ivanajackson5980
    @ivanajackson59804 жыл бұрын

    This is sad

  • @ivanajackson5980
    @ivanajackson59804 жыл бұрын

    Might as well go to Laguna Beach the water is more clear

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters2223 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it’s also over an hour away from SaMo

  • @missakhaladjian
    @missakhaladjian4 жыл бұрын

    hi, i am looking for a deep pool for free diving training in LA? does anybody know a place? Thank you

  • @miguelgalencia1522
    @miguelgalencia15225 жыл бұрын

    Awsome video! Looking forward to exploring that beach

  • @jackplayzroblox1295
    @jackplayzroblox12955 жыл бұрын

    I love California!

  • @claw4more197
    @claw4more1975 жыл бұрын

    A fantastic video... I trained in free diving last year... Had no idea there was a reef off Santa Monica!

  • @alalmalal
    @alalmalal5 жыл бұрын

    Never knew there was ANY sea life around LA, surprisingly cool fish!

  • @blackpearlpirate567
    @blackpearlpirate567 Жыл бұрын

    It’s the ocean. Of course there’s sea life… 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @californiawildlife7559
    @californiawildlife75595 жыл бұрын

    100th like!

  • @mauriciosanchez835
    @mauriciosanchez8355 жыл бұрын

    shenanigans, thought the sea floor was deeper........... way deeper...... never thought it would be that cute in the ocean floor, why can't tourist scuba dive???????????

  • @davidquezada1938
    @davidquezada19384 жыл бұрын

    Hes probably close to the shore still the sea floor is very deep

  • @kencooper6232
    @kencooper62325 жыл бұрын

    I used to row out to the breakwater in the early '50s and search around and snorkel. Is none of the breakwater visible from the surface anymore? Considering all the fish and spiny lobster in this video, it looks like it's improved since those days. I presume it's now a protected area (I would love to bring in some of those lobster - I suspect taking them is not allowed regardless of season).

  • @imthatbasic
    @imthatbasic5 жыл бұрын

    I thought if it was going to be deeper

  • @frankmorris6691
    @frankmorris66915 жыл бұрын

    Such a sweet video...amazing vis that day and incredible breath holding...makes me want to suit up and jump in...good job!!!

  • @stevensong6909
    @stevensong69095 жыл бұрын

    i didn't even know this type of reef existed off santa monica. Pretty amazing.

  • @ivanajackson5980
    @ivanajackson59804 жыл бұрын

    steven song everything is daed

  • @mryusuf6086
    @mryusuf60865 жыл бұрын

    Its only 10 feet depp close 2 shores lol

  • @mr.stauffersnaturechannel4016
    @mr.stauffersnaturechannel40165 жыл бұрын

    did sdfet pdf rt lol

  • @JohnDoe-wu9xs
    @JohnDoe-wu9xs6 жыл бұрын

    If I try to swim out there will the lifeguards try to stop me?

  • @God-hm4hw
    @God-hm4hw4 жыл бұрын

    Yes its okay to swim. The beach closes at 10PM

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters2223 жыл бұрын

    if you have snorkle / scubba gear probably not but idk

  • @luisfoxfu
    @luisfoxfu6 жыл бұрын

    Wow look at all that lobster ? Now I need to see every beach in los angels. Because this opened my eyes for sure.

  • @Kyle-tb3zf
    @Kyle-tb3zf6 жыл бұрын

    I love my part of CA.