La Anchovy-da Loca! | DIVE VLOG - EP04 | Underwater Vlogging in Monterey Bay

Dive into the anchovy mayhem that has been the Monterey Bay the last many months! A bajillion million sea lions, pelicans, gulls, seals (and off shore, the hordes of humpback whales) have all come in to feast on the infinite schools. In their wake, the anchovies have left a lot of poop that seems to be creating an anoxic zone, resulting in quite a few stressed out, passed out fishes-including a rare prickleback species that became a first on iNaturalist! Enjoy this dive filled with octopuses, starfish, crabs, shrimp, eel grass, nudibranchs and more-Del Monte Beach is an amazing dive site and the wharf is without pier for critter coolness! Thanks for watching! Best fishes, Pat ___ Make shore to like and sub-scribe and comment for the algal rhythm! Help me kelp you: https://patreon.com/underwaterpat Get your Nudibranch Calendar and DiveMola stickers here: https://divemola.com Want to license some video or order photo prints? underwaterpat at gmail dot com Pat's peripheral posting places: https://linktr.ee/underwaterpat Special thanks to: SCUBAPRO Light And Motion Dive Backscatter Underwater Photo and Video Shoutout to my underwaterPatrons: Emily, Anne-Marie, Ariel, Ali, Michael, Mike Civ, Shervin, Pike, Leah, Connor, Kim, Mike, and Jon YouTube Chapters: 00:00 Introdocean 08:53 Dive Starts! 10:00 Passed Out Fishes 11:34 1st Octopus 15:28 2nd Octopus 19:50 New Prickleback Just Dropped! 25:10 Miscellany and HUGE stars 29:44 3rd and 4th Octopuses 31:30: More Miscellany and Huge Stars 36:18 Eel Grass Bed 39:14 5th and 6th Octopuses 40:33 Skydiving Shrimp and Anchovy Graveyard 44:25 To The Bait Ball 51:37 Begin Journey Home 58:12 Conclusions and Plugs 59:30 Epilogue and Seastar Wasting