r/OceansAreFuckingLit

This is the Boeing 737 artificial reef near Chemainus on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The aircraft was intentionally sunk in 2006 to create a new marine habitat and dive attraction in the Salish Sea.

At roughly 100 feet (30 m) long, it's an easy wreck to explore on a single recreational dive. The plane lies in about 90 feet of water (depending on tide) and the fuselage is supported about 10 feet off the bottom. The cockpit, cabin, wings, and tail are all accessible from the outside, and over the last few years the wreck has become increasingly covered in plumose anemones, sea stars, and other marine life. Rockfish are common, and it's a fun site to revisit as it continues to mature.

You can dive it from shore with scooters (about a 20 minute run I hear) but most of us dive it from a dive boat.

I recently spent a dive filming the wreck in 4K and turned it into a 50-minute ambient underwater film. If anyone is interested, it's on my YouTube channel (ScubaBC).

The moment I saw this turtle passing by with the school of sardines shifting behind it, I dropped fast to get into position. Seconds later, the school locked into a towering tornado, right on time!

Sony a7IV / 12-24f4 / Sea Frogs Housing

I've known this patch of fish for as long as I've been diving. Been awesome to see them grow.

Video by DiveDiveLive

Through Silver Seas, oils on canvas

Snailfish are a neat but rare little fish we find diving at night in shallow, sandy bays around Vancouver Island. These little ones are only a couple inches long. They can be found at depths from 20 feet (like these) down to 27,000+ feet!

If you look closely at its face, you can see tiny "pores" on its chin. Those aren't blemishes, they are sensory pores! Because many snailfish live in absolute darkness, they use these pores like a built-in radar system to "feel" vibrations and water pressure. Even in shallow water at night, it helps them hunt and navigate in the dark.

If you're interested here is 2 hours of ambient 4K marine life from the Salish Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrQHtj7Px4

We found this very large female wolf eel on our dive today in about 70 feet of water. She was out for a cruise across the sandy bottom. Typically the females are more grey or darker brown, this one however, was a very beautiful orange color.

I film a ton of PNW marine life, if you want to see more underwater footage from our local dives, check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scubabc6701

A fine night to just hang in the breeze 🪂