Awesome Barrier Reef part. III - The Cod Hole

The giant Potato Cod makes its appearance at 1:57

Dived with TAKA on the famous Cod Hole, where I witnessed the famous giant potato cods being fed. This is the only place in Australia that they are allowed to be fed; we were allowed to touch them as well.

The potato cods in this area have been both fed and subject to fishery. It is no longer legal to catch them, but since they're so used to being fed, the government allows it to continue as they suspect them to starve to death if it is suddenly ended. Only a few boats have a permit for this.

These dives were fantastic!

Dive sites:

@ Cod Hole
@ Clam Garden

We had two dives at the cod hole, so I might sprinkle some more potato cod material in later vids, and I also added some footage from the Clam Garden just to get some variety. This is where I found the cuttlefish and the clownfish.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• GBR
• great barrier reef
• queensland
• cod hole
• giant
• potato
• cod
• feed
• cuttlefish
• clam garden
• scuba
• diving
• dykking
• australia

[WireMosasaur]

Your videos are always superb, thank you so much for sharing these amazing dives, and for that wonderful editing!

[Koalafis]

@WireMosasaur Thanks, glad you like it! Those cods were like puppies, puppies with gills and huge eyeballs. And massive fins. And hundreds of small teeth.

My God, they weren't really anything like puppies at all!

[bajsenB]

Lovers of pleasure!