Over The Wall - Bonaire's Red Slave ep. 41

Bonaire's Red Slave dive site. It is one of the most exciting places to dive on the island. Converging currents bring in a variety of marine species and it is the location of many historic artifacts from Bonaire's sea salt trading past. In this episode head over the wall and go deeper than recent episodes and encounter the amazing behavior of the Western Comb Grouper. We encounter Horse-eye and Black Jacks. On our way to the wall we encounter a school of Blue Parrotfish that helped deliver needed content for a documentary. We feel we may have discovered a ship anchor from the 1700s within recreational diving limits. Based on its location and researching records kept by at least one local diver/Bonaire history buff feel we may have discovered it or were the first to record it. We will show it to you, take you there and tell you how to find this piece of Bonaire history. We also head to the northern reaches of the Red Slave diving area and experience some amazing reef as well as a number of beautiful green sea turtles and southern sennet. There is much more in this amazing episode which is quite beautiful. Roll up your dive bag, have a seat, and grab some popcorn and let us take you away to this beautiful location.

Related A Diver’s Life Videos:

Bonaire’s Red Slave Rays:

   • Bonaire's Red Slave Rays ep. 28 | A D...  

A Step Back In Time:

   • A Step Back In Time Ep. 12  

Surface Interval Bonaire’s Fontein:

   • Surface Interval Bonaire's Fontein ep...  





=== Chapters ===
0:00 Monolog
5:28 A Diver's Life Intro 2023
6:32 To the Drop Off
8:28 Blue Parrotfish
9:43 Down to 37 Meters
11:32 Ambush
11:48 Saiflin Blennies and the Anchor
16:50 Heading North
20:15 Back to the Orange Pan Bollard
23:12 Engine and Wheel
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#bonaire #scubadiving #history #oceanconservation #nature #anchor

Music:
Almannagja - West & Zander (Epidemic Sound)
Blue - Eklo feat. Jordin Laine (RFM youtube)
Changing Outlook - Trevor Kowalski (Epidemic Sound)
Floating through Clouds - Calm Shores (Epidemic Sound)
Hope For Humanity - Dream Cave (Epidemic Sound)
Magnetic - Boil The Ocean (Epidemic Sound)
Tow Pt.2 - Harbours & Oceans (Epidemic Sound)

Sound Effects - Epidemic Sound

Video equipment:
Sony A7sIII camera Sony A7siii
Nauticam housing
Sony FE 28-60 F/4.5.6 lens
Sony FE 90mm F 2.8 Macro G OSS Lens
Nauticam Nauticam Wet Wide Lens 1B (WWL-1B)
Atomos Ninja V+
Big Blue 15000 Lumen Lights
IPhone 12 Pro Max

Cinematography, Script, Narration, Monolog, Post Production:
Rich Schwerdtfeger
Divers:

Doreen Schwerdtfeger
Kevin O'Brien

Images:

Aerial Image Orange Pan:
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
Salt Ships moored at Red Slave - Bonaire's Terramar Museum
HMS Bounty Anchor - http://www.stamps.gov.pn/Anchor50th.h...
1794 Map of Bonaire - Madrid Naval Archive
https://link.springer.com/article/10....