Dakuwaqa’s Garden – Underwater footage from Fiji & Tonga
Underwater footage shot whilst scuba diving in the Fiji islands and Tonga. Featuring colorful coral reefs, huge schools of tropical fish, sharks, humpback whales, underwater caves, scuba divers and much more marine life from the south Pacific.
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The coral reefs of the south Pacific are alive with a huge variety of tropical fish and marine critters. A great way to explore them is to scuba dive with the Nai’a liveaboard based in Fiji. I was working as the Nai’a’s video pro when I shot this footage. See http://www.naia.com.fj/
The underwater footage was shot in high definition HDV 1080i 60i with my Sony HVR-Z1P HDV camera in a Light & Motion Bluefin HD housing. The footage was converted to 720p for YouTube using my high quality method:
http://www.bubblevision.com/underwater-video/Vegas-YouTube-Vimeo.htm
The music is “In the Meadows” by Stephen Richard Thomas Brown, whose wonderful work you can find here:
http://www.myspace.com/stephenrichardthomasbrown
http://stephenrichardthomasbrown.bandcamp.com/
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=276599
View the names of all the dive sites and names of all the tropical fish and other marine life by turning on closed captions with the CC button. Here is the full shot list of species and dive sites. You can find more complete information at http://www.bubblevision.com/underwater-videos/Fiji-and-Tonga/scuba-diving.htm :
0:04 – “E6”, Bligh Water, Fiji
0:06 – Reticulated Dascyllus at “Maytag”
0:09 – “Mushrooms”, Namena Marine Reserve
0:11 – “Coral Corner”
0:13 – “Maytag”
0:15 – “Coral Corner”
0:17 – “Mellow Yellow”
0:20 – “E6”
0:22 – Chironephthya corals at “Mount Mutiny”
0:24 – Cave at “Lion’s Den” near Wakaya Island
0:28 – Chironephthya corals at “The Whole Shebang”
0:31 – “The Whole Shebang”
0:33 – “Mellow Yellow”
0:35 – “E6”
0:37 – “Kansas” at North Save-a-Tack
0:39 – Lyretail anthias at “Howard’s Diner”
0:43 – “Maytag”
0:45 – Banded sea krait at “Jim’s Alley” near Gau Island
0:52 – Pacific sailfin tang
0:54 – Button polyps at “Humann Nature”
0:56 – Urn ascidians at “Becky’s” near Makogai Island
0:59 – Pom pom Xenia
1:03 – Barberi clownfish
1:05 – Barberi clownfish at “Cat’s Meow”
1:07 – Barberi clownfish
1:11 – Pink anemonefish
1:13 – Blueband gobies
1:16 – Firefish at Lua Lafalafa Reef, Tonga
1:18 – Orbicular batfish
1:20 – Teira batfish over the “Nasi Yalodina” wreck
1:22 – Elongate surgeonfish
1:24 – Blackfin barracuda
1:27 – Bigeye trevallies at “Grand Central Station”
1:29 – Schooling bannerfish at “School House”
1:31 – Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish
1:33 – Blue and gold fusiliers over yellow scroll coral at Nigali Passage
1:35 – Barcheek trevally at “Tetons”
1:37 – Golden damsel & bluestreak cleaner wrasse
1:40 – Blue and gold fusilier and bluestreak cleaner wrasse
1:42 – Sunburst anthias at “Palako’s Patch”
1:44 – Speckled damsel spawning at Uoleva Point
1:46 – Arc-eye hawkfish at “Anthias Avenue”
1:38 – Longsnout flathead at Luangahu Reef
1:51 – Ribbon eel at “Tetons”
1:53 – Giant moray
1:55 – Juvenile rockmover wrasse at “Two Thumbs Up”
1:57 – Firefish
2:00 – Red lionfish
2:02 – Whitetip reef shark under “Kansas”
2:04 – Grey reef shark
2:10 – Sinularia corals
2:12 – Blue-spotted puffer
2:15 – Blackspotted puffer at Ha’afeva Island, Tonga
2:17 – Blue-green Chromis
2:21 – Red lionfish
2:23 – Zebra lionfish at Luangahu Reef
2:28 – Coral grouper at “Becky’s”
2:30 – Dwarf hawkfish
2:32 – Scorpionfish
2:34 – Randall’s prawn-goby
2:36 – Signalfin goby
2:39 – Gorgeous prawn goby & snapping shrimp
2:41 – Weedy pygmy seahorse
2:43 – Ornate ghost pipefish
2:47 – Ornate ghost pipefish eggs in brooding pouch
2:50 – Christmas tree worm
2:53 – Manta ray at Vatu Vai
2:58 – Hawksbill turtle
3:03 – Humpback whale mother and calf at Ha’apai, Tonga
3:10 – Malabar grouper
3:15 – Honeycomb coral
3:19 – “Lion’s Den”
3:21 – “Mushrooms”
3:23 – “Coral Corner”
3:25 – “Mushrooms”
3:28 – Whitemargin unicornfish
3:30 – Dendronephthya soft coral
3:32 – Bigeye barracuda
3:35 – “Gomo”
3:39 – “Nasi Yalodina” wreck
3:41 – “E6”
3:43 – Lance blenny
3:45 – Triplespot blenny
3:48 – Valentini puffer
3:50 – Parrotfish at Nukupule
3:52 – Bluespotted ribbontail ray
3:54 – Blotched fantail ray at Ha’afeva Island
3:56 – Orange mantis shrimp
3:59 – Sexy shrimp
4:01 – Day octopus
4:04 – Fuchsia flatworms mating
4:07 – Bullock’s Hypselodoris
4:09 – Spanish dancer
4:14 – Spanish dancer at Ha’afeva Island
4:18 – Brown booby at Vatu-i-ra
Dakuwaqa is a shark-god from Fijian mythology. Learn about him at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEHydvbCeVg
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@ulisesvicentejose …
@ulisesvicentejose Thanks. Sony Z1 in a? Light & Motion housing
Es verdaderamente …
Es verdaderamente hermoso ,? da una sensación de paz y calma .
Amazing… what …
Amazing… what camera? did you use?
This makes me …
This makes me shiver. So beautiful, so many critters. Thank you for posting this gorgeous, moving footage.?
Great footage, …
Great footage, horrible editing. Hard to really apprecite it when there’s another cut every 1-2 seconds. Seriously, we won’t get bored if a shot is held for 10-20? seconds.
good shots ¡¡ :O?
good shots ¡¡ :O?
@ladycam45 No, just …
@ladycam45 No, just the Z1. I grade it with (mostly) color curves in Vegas Pro and deinterlace it? in AviSynth with QTGMC (then YouTube mangles it lol)
Wow!? a Z1 did this …
Wow!? a Z1 did this? This is about the best footage I’ve seen from a Z1!
Did you supplement any shots with a GoPro? Nice stuff!
Kudos for the …
Kudos for the highly inspiring and beautiful video – Fiji seems to be the place for all? kinds of coral reef fishes… Excellent camera work – “National Geographic” quality 🙂
voyage? sous la mer
voyage? sous la mer
How very beautiful …
How very beautiful this is, a real pleasure to watch ! 🙂
Thank you so much for? sharing.
Greetings from Belgium
Really captivating …
Really captivating and educationnal? in a way 😉 !
Extraordinary, …
Extraordinary,tecnically perfect.Bravo….and thank? you so much.!!!
Nice? 🙂
These …
Nice? 🙂
These colorful fishes are very beautiful.
@bubblevision Were …
@bubblevision Were you onboard? during Doug & Mark’s trip? Are you Sam or Mark?
@scubamalauren …
@scubamalauren Thanks!? I worked on Nai’a from June to December. The camera often makes the water look clearer than it does to divers.
Totally Awesome…. …
Totally Awesome…….. thanks for sharing……?
Simply amazing! …
Simply amazing! Thanks for? sharing.
Beautiful footage! …
Beautiful footage! The next best thing to being there. What time of year were you in Fiji to catch such clear water? We visited Tonga aboard the Nai’a this past September. It? was great getting a glimpse of Eddie in the dingy.
@BrendanPaulJames …
@BrendanPaulJames This was shot with a Sony Z1 in a Light & Motion housing, which is an old model. I would check out Gates and Ikelite housings and see which recent? cameras they support. Wetpixel.com has a great underwater video gear forum.
Beautiful video, …
Beautiful video, I’m going diving in the Bahamas for 3 months soon and I’m looking for a good underwater? camera and strobes. What did you use in this video and/or what would you suggest? Thanks.
Super beau video… …
Super beau video… Merveilleux? !
what a? masterpiece …
what a? masterpiece!
perfect cuts!
thank you bubble!!!
WOW. This made me …
WOW. This made me want to dive… it’s beautiful… I’ve only done it with snorkel in Croatia, and Cretes. But I really? want to try real scuba diving…
What? song is it?