Monastery Beach Eggstravaganza! | THE DIVE VLOG - EP 02 | Monterey Bay Underwater Vlogging

Whale hey there fronds and anemones! T'was an eggstraordinary dive that day last September at Monastery Beach-join ya buoy underwaterpat for a shellebrocean of a dive with egg yolk jellies in Monterey Bay! Monastery Beach has some of the best shore diving in all of California, thanks to a finger of the Carmel Canyon (an offshoot of the Monterey Submarine Canyon further offshore) that funnels ocean swell and deep water directly to this infamous stretch of coast. 100 yards from shore, a SCUBA diver finds themselves just beyond a wash rock surrounded by an algal amphitheater that I like to call "The Kelp Kathedral". Nestled in its pews are schools of blue rockfish, awesome anemones, colorful critters-and sometimes, glorious gelatinous drifters like these egg yolk jellyfishes (Phacellophora camtschatica) caught up in the current events of that year. This was one of my favroite dives of last year, and I'm so thrilled to be sharing it with you all now! Heads up-Monastery has a reputation, and for good reason. It's a powerful beach, and not to be taken lightly. I can't tell you what's right for you but, I live 15 minutes away, so I can pick my days and I don't ever feel a need to commit to anything sketchy with that beach. I can always come back. Be careful, seek training, be honest with yourself, practice your skills, don't test your luck, and respect the ocean, always-and when the time is right, may Monastery be as giving to you as it has been to me for the last 15 years. Thanks y'all, I hope you enjoy the ep! Best sunfishes, Pat ___ Make shore to like and sub-scribe and comment for the algal rhythm! Kelp yourself to an extended cut here: https://patreon.com/underwaterpat Get your DiveMola stickers and merch: 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 Stan the man for the audio sweetening Shoutout to my underwaterPatrons: Emily, Anne-Marie, Ariel, Ali, Michael, Mike Civ, Shervin, Pike, Leah, Connor, Kim, Mike, and Jon YouTube Chapters: 0:00 Introdocean 1:30 Dive Start + Shallow Kelp Forest 7:35 The Eggscitement Begins! 13:00 Reef Critts To The Drop 19:28 The Eggstravaganza Continues 23:00 The Journey Home 25:14 The Magic Of The Mundane 28:00 Shallow Seanery 28:41 Conclocean 30:08 Plugs Monastery Beach Eggstravaganza! | THE DIVE VLOG - EP 02 | Monterey Bay Underwater Vlogging