now that's what i call a deep dive video

check this out:

http://www.apnea-amsterdam.com/forum/index...opic,128.0.html

the cameraman must have had a fit....

enjoy

/paul

That is incredible! Thank you for sharing that! What amazing animals....

Mary Lynn

HI,

Now that is truly amazing, I did not think these mammals dived down

to such depths, but how wrong I was. Thanks for sharing this video

ANDY

Very cool!!

Thanks for the post

Todd

Looks like a sperm whale which would make the 3000m depth within its range though I don't think anyone's been able to put a well in 3000m of water.... yet. Maybe 3000ft?

Anyway its a phenomenal capture!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Wow!! Amazing fish...Very cool..!!

Thanks for sharing Paul.

Hi Guys,

If it's the video I think of a Sperm Whale rubbing on a subsea oil well + manifold, then that's the Gomez project in the Gul of Mexico. Pretty amazing eh! This video circulated in my business circle last year and made quite a splash. It's hilarious to see the ROV pilot do a double-take and pull back on the camera.

Yes, the well was in about 3000ft - you can read it on the ROV display. There are currently a few wells in 3000m of water, namely in the Jack and Perdido developments, as well as the Independence Hub gas fields.

From research we did after the whale enounter, Sperm Whales have been known to go even deeper than this - up to 1500m deep!

Cheers

James

Thats very cool all right.

I think Elephant seals can hit those kinds of depths as well.

They empty their lungs so they don't get compressed and have nanna naps on the way down.

Awesome! Very cool video, what an encounter... Thanks for sharing.