Videos
Here are some videos that give a flavour of the underwater experience. Click a picture
to view the associated video. Note: Some of these videos are quite large aren't really
suitable for viewing if you are on a low-bandwidth connection.
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| Media: | 2Mb, WMV, 18sec |
| Who: |
Tombstoning by Cilla. |
| What: |
Sunstar Divers. |
| Where: |
Seahouses Harbour, Northumberland. |
| When: | 5th July 2009 |
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| Media: | 7Mb, WMV 3min 8sec |
| Who: |
Seals by Chris Bond (using movie mode on his Fuji FinePix F11). |
| What: |
Seals. |
| Where: |
Crumstone, Outer Farnes, Northumberland. |
| When: | 5th July 2009 |
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| Media: | 7Mb, MOV (Quicktime), 24sec |
| Who: |
Frolicking seals by David Parkinson (using movie mode on his Olympus 5060). |
| What: |
Frolicking seals. |
| Where: |
Crumstone, Outer Farnes, Northumberland. |
| When: | 5th July 2009 |
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| Media: | 15Mb, MOV (Quicktime), 47sec |
| Who: |
Frances, Raj and others by David Parkinson (using movie mode on his Olympus 5060). |
| What: |
Sunstar divers and Seabream. |
| Where: |
In front of Comino Caves, Comino island, Malta/Gozo, Mediterranean. |
| When: | 18th May 2009 |
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| Media: | 11Mb, WMV, 35sec |
| Who: |
Turtle filmed on Gordon Reef by John Cook. |
| What: |
Hawksbill turtle half walks half swims on coral reef. |
| Where: |
Gordon Reef, Tiran, Egyptian Red Sea |
| When: | 21st March 2008 |
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| Media: | 14Mb, MPEG, 52sec |
| Who: |
Paul Skirrow is the snorkeler, snorkeling with dolphins, filmed by John Cook, also snorkeling. |
| What: |
Pod of wild spinner dolphins |
| Where: |
Shab Samadai, near Marsa Alam, Egyptian Red Sea |
| When: | 8th November 2000 |
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| Media: | 2.7Mb, WMV, 17secs |
| Who: |
Filmed by John and Frances Cook. |
| What: |
A large Manta Ray swam by, and John was fortunate enough to get
his video camera rolling while it was still coming toward us. |
| Where: |
Observed while diving off Ningaloo Reef, from Coral Bay,
Western Australia, while diving from a boat called Manta Magic
on a dive site called the 23rd parallel. |
| When: | 15th April 2004 |
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| Media: | 10.1Mb, MPEG, 36secs |
| Who: |
Filmed by John Cook and Jonathan Legh-Smith. |
| What: |
Harbour seal using a small wooden wreck as a scratching post. |
| Where: |
Near a small wooden wreck on the south side of Miller Island, a small
island in the Jervis inlet, behind Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. |
| When: | 5th October 2000 |
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| Media: | 23.5Mb, MPEG, 7min 47secs |
| Who: |
Filmed by John and Frances Cook. |
| What: |
The dive experience of the Tabarka wreck dive in good visibility, divers and marine life seen. |
| Where: |
On the wreck of the Tabarka, a block ship blocking an entrance to Scapa Flow
at the northern end of Hoy, in the Orkney Islands, of the North coast of the Scottish mainland. |
| When: | 12th September 2002. |
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| Media: | 9Mb, WMV, 56secs |
| Who: |
Filmed by John and Frances Cook. Snorkeller seen is Frances
(John couldn't swim quite as fast on account of having to hold a video camera!) |
| What: |
A medium sized whaleshark with a little shoal of small fish swimming in front of it. |
| Where: |
From a specialist whaleshark observing boat operating out of Coral Bay, Western Australia. |
| When: | Easter Sunday, the 11th April 2004. |
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| Media: | 12Mb, WMV, 54secs |
| Who: |
Filmed by John and Frances Cook. |
| What: |
Black Spotted moray (Gymnothorax tessellata) free swimming among coral outcrops. |
| Where: |
Whale Rock, Grand Baie, a dive site in northern Mauritius. |
| When: | 27th November 2002. |
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As you might have guessed John and FrancEs Cook have generously contributed most of these videos to our site.
