Nagahama Dives

 

Just some pretty shots from my dives off of Nagahama in Maizuru. This is the area located right off of the lab so there are many experiments in the water. It can be murky at times but I think it just promotes a unique habitat not normally seen by vacation divers.

Man do I have an insane amount of footage now. Still running into the perfection roadblock of not wanting to use stuff out of focus or shaky so here's another video that came in a burst of inspiration. Kinda wish I could get back to those carefree roots. I remember shooting and editing a diving video within a day and it was the most fun thing ever. Maybe I can tap into that sometime. In any-case here ya go. Hope ya enjoy it. 

Song: Solitude by Nymano

Urchin Survey Dives - Tai and Obase in Maizuru

Recently I was asked to help out with some survey dives for a prominent company - Ocean Trading Co. We did many dives over two days (9 total dives) and I finally got to see some species that I have been searching for. Probably the most exciting was the Abalone (Awabi) and getting to dive on fabricated Abalone Artificial reefs. It really was a real treat and I hope to work with this company on more projects in the future. 

They want to pursue new ideas and fishing practices that benefit the environment the same way it benefits the market. This project aims to take urchins from densely populated barrens and culture them to market value and sell commercially. It is known urchin removal is the key to restoring diverse algal habitats so this project would not only benefit the urchin sellers but the underwater environment as well. 

Music By KaizanBlu 

Track Name: Time Flies (Extended Mix) Track