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https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/unhoahde
A couple of days ago I went for a fly with my friend @iamyohann
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/saodveix
Contrary to the movie Nemo, the anemone fish is not the cute friendly guy about town he's portrayed to be. These little fish have quite a reputation among divers.
Living in their wibbly wobbly home if you so much as dare to come close they turn aggressive and swim at you with their teeth on show. Being so small they can't do us any damage but that's not going to stop them trying.
In the video he darts from side to side nipping at my hands, you have to have a giggle at it's tenacity. Footage shot on our house reef in Moalboal Cebu Philippines.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/mtnpazbe
This is my first time posting a video on #haveyoubeenhere, I hope it gives you a sense of the atmosphere underwater.
In better times when we were able to travel, myself @biggypauls, wife "Koz" and friends Ernesto and Vanessa visited a special place. Tubbataha reef is a Unesco world heritage site in the middle of the Zulu sea in the Philippines.
Sailing from Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan we made a over night journey in calm seas, to arrive on site for diving at first light the following morning
100 kilometers from dry land, this protected site is out of bounds for most of the year but for 3 months a very limited amount of divers are given permission to visit. With high levels of protection you get a glimpse of how the oceans were in the past.
As a diver and ocean lover, I have seen with my own eyes fish stocks dwindle and in particular the large apex predators slowly disappear. Our main reason for this trip was to hopefully see many sharks, something that was common place 20 years ago but now sadly a rare thing.
Early morning on our first day we woke up to coffee and a light breakfast, there was a buzz of excitement on the boat. After a briefing about the dive site we set up our equipment and readied our cameras. I had my GoPro and DSLR rig with the hope of getting a nice mix of film and photos. All set we jumped in the zodiac speed boat to get us closer to the reef as the large boats have to keep their distance.
We were on a five day trip and full of anticipation of what the first day would bring. In two groups of five we made our first couple of dives then took a lunch break before jumping back in later that afternoon, later we took some time to relax and review our footage.
For my video I chose the music, Apres midi d'un faune, by Debussy as it was one of the favorites of Jacques Cousteau in his documentaries, It was watching them as a young boy that inspired me to become a diver and visit the underwater world.
Now sit back and relax and let me take you on a journey into the big blue, with these highlights of day one.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/uwzrmkai
Meet Harvey, he is a Staffordshire Bull terrier and completely off his trolley. He joined our family from the world famous Battersea dogs home, since coming to live with us he has been a endless source of entertainment.
There's nothing he enjoys more than letting off a bit of steam, most dog wall in straight lines but Harvey prefers to go round in circles, what a nutter!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/nvmuaysk
Diving is a great activity but most people tend to do this in daylight hours, at this time you get to see all the usual suspects on the reef.
If you dare to venture into the water after dark it's a completely different world, the usual reef fish disappear and the weird and wonderful come out to play.
During a training dive along with the wife "Koz" and her student we encountered this strange pair.
Cuttlefish can shape shift and change colour at will, these guys were planting their eggs in the reef, quite large at about a foot long they are one of the coolest things to see.
Under torch light we got to see them changing colour and towards the end of the video you will see them perform another one of their tricks, glowing bright green to ward us off.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=biggypauls/qpufnviz
I have spent many years traveling the world as a diver, the thing that got me into diving was the hope that one day I would get to see a whale shark. After 20 years of chasing whale shark seasons in Cuba, Thailand, Egypt and the Philippines that day finally arrived.
Peascador island just of of the mainland of Moalboal is where my luck started to change.
On a beautiful clear day myself along with Big Jim captured some great footage here's a short edit of that special day.