My First Abalone Dive in Northern California

Alex, Andrea, and me jumped in the car Friday morning and made the long trip up to Northern California where you can still dive for abalone. We had a blast!

Credit to Jon Babb the last song in the video http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/71108

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• abalone
• dive
• diving
• freedive
• freediving
• snorkel
• ocean
• cove
• northern
• california
• ab
• iron
• gauge
• sd550
• underwater

[mikemanges]

I really enjoyed watching this quality video. You did a great job mixing your stills with the video clips and following a story line.

[abzde]

@mikemanges

Thanks Mike. Yah this is one of my favorite videos. It came together pretty well. Conditions were real nice when we were diving. Last time I went up there is was rough, murky, and dark at the bottom. Luckily we brought our dive lights along and we got our limit.

[Agentcurls]

This is great quality. Kudos

[abzde]

Thanks. It really helps when you've got a friend with another camera.

[geolotus12]

nice video! what kinda camera did you use? my videos are never this clear! moat creek is where i usually go

[abzde]

canon sd550 with it's underwater case. Might be the lens size. Mine's got a nice wide angle which helps out when the vis is bad. I still would like a new camera with vibration reduction.

[spoildrtn21]

nice work lobe the music and pics what a great tribute to abalone on the north coast

[geolotus12]

i have tons of videos on moat creek abalone dives, but as you can see the videos are fine out of the water, but not underwater... i used sony and minoltas. but i've heard olympus makes the best underwater camera.

[Gonzo707]

Yeah its a trip how big they look underwater lol. You'll spot one like, "Holy S#@! thats a MONSTER!" and when you guage it it'll be barely legal haha

I cant wait to get back out either. My last dive was a few weeks ago and Im already getting the itch bad again.

[abzde]

Yep I went out for an extra solo dive with the goal of finding a 9 incher. Kinda hard to tell when you have a 7 inch gauge. But I grabbed a couple abs, breathed in some saltwater, finished coughing, and headed back to shore to find out I got my first 9 inch ab! Same one in the video.

Can't wait to get up there again and go hunting ab's again. It's a ton of fun!