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.Please "like", favorite, share, or leave a comment here or on my channel at http://www.youtube.com/bubblev... My Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/bubble... and I have more scuba diving videos and underwater footage on my website at http://www.bubblevision.com, where you can also license rights managed and royalty free stock footage.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/un... music is "In the Meadows" by Stephen Richard Thomas Brown, whose wonderful work you can find here: http://www.myspace.com/stephen... http://stephenrichardthomasbro... http://www.soundclick.com/band... 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/un... :0:04 - "E6", Bligh Water, Fiji0:06 - Reticulated Dascyllus at "Maytag"0:09 - "Mushrooms", Namena Marine Reserve0:11 - "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 Island0:28 - 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-Tack0:39 - Lyretail anthias at "Howard's Diner"0:43 - "Maytag"0:45 - Banded sea krait at "Jim's Alley" near Gau Island0:52 - Pacific sailfin tang0:54 - Button polyps at "Humann Nature"0:56 - Urn ascidians at "Becky's" near Makogai Island0:59 - Pom pom Xenia1:03 - Barberi clownfish1:05 - Barberi clownfish at "Cat's Meow"1:07 - Barberi clownfish1:11 - Pink anemonefish1:13 - Blueband gobies1:16 - Firefish at Lua Lafalafa Reef, Tonga1:18 - Orbicular batfish1:20 - Teira batfish over the "Nasi Yalodina" wreck1:22 - Elongate surgeonfish1:24 - Blackfin barracuda1:27 - Bigeye trevallies at "Grand Central Station"1:29 - Schooling bannerfish at "School House"1:31 - Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish1:33 - Blue and gold fusiliers over yellow scroll coral at Nigali Passage1:35 - Barcheek trevally at "Tetons"1:37 - Golden damsel & bluestreak cleaner wrasse1:40 - Blue and gold fusilier and bluestreak cleaner wrasse1:42 - Sunburst anthias at "Palako's Patch"1:44 - Speckled damsel spawning at Uoleva Point1:46 - Arc-eye hawkfish at "Anthias Avenue"1:38 - Longsnout flathead at Luangahu Reef1:51 - Ribbon eel at "Tetons"1:53 - Giant moray1:55 - Juvenile rockmover wrasse at "Two Thumbs Up"1:57 - Firefish2:00 - Red lionfish2:02 - Whitetip reef shark under "Kansas"2:04 - Grey reef shark2:10 - Sinularia corals2:12 - Blue-spotted puffer2:15 - Blackspotted puffer at Ha'afeva Island, Tonga2:17 - Blue-green Chromis2:21 - Red lionfish2:23 - Zebra lionfish at Luangahu Reef2:28 - Coral grouper at "Becky's"2:30 - Dwarf hawkfish2:32 - Scorpionfish2:34 - Randall's prawn-goby2:36 - Signalfin goby2:39 - Gorgeous prawn goby & snapping shrimp2:41 - Weedy pygmy seahorse2:43 - Ornate ghost pipefish2:47 - Ornate ghost pipefish eggs in brooding pouch2:50 - Christmas tree worm2:53 - Manta ray at Vatu Vai2:58 - Hawksbill turtle3:03 - Humpback whale mother and calf at Ha'apai, Tonga3:10 - Malabar grouper3:15 - Honeycomb coral3:19 - "Lion's Den"3:21 - "Mushrooms"3:23 - "Coral Corner"3:25 - "Mushrooms"3:28 - Whitemargin unicornfish3:30 - Dendronephthya soft coral3:32 - Bigeye barracuda3:35 - "Gomo"3:39 - "Nasi Yalodina" wreck3:41 - "E6"3:43 - Lance blenny3:45 - Triplespot blenny3:48 - Valentini puffer3:50 - Parrotfish at Nukupule3:52 - Bluespotted ribbontail ray3:54 - Blotched fantail ray at Ha'afeva Island3:56 - Orange mantis shrimp3:59 - Sexy shrimp4:01 - Day octopus4:04 - Fuchsia flatworms mating4:07 - Bullock's Hypselodoris4:09 - Spanish dancer4:14 - Spanish dancer at Ha'afeva Island4:18 - Brown booby at Vatu-i-raDakuwaqa is a shark-god from Fijian mythology. Learn about him at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: October 4, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Author: bubblevision

Length: 04:50
Rating: 4.8056493
Views: 4283495

Tags: underwater footage scuba diving Fiji islands Tonga coral reef marine life HD stock footage shark humpback whale dive tropical fish Nick Hope Bubble Vision nature travel animals Nai'a Pacific ocean colorful critters

Video Comments

triemmusic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Amazing work pure beauty! Thanks!

InGodFaith1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Absolutely beautiful, beautiful video. If it can slow down a bit so that we can see the beautiful creatures clearly would even be better. Thank you.

psargaco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Marvellous. This is what I needed after a bad day.

DefiniteAquascapeTV (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What is really amazing is the crystal-clear water - great conditions for filming! :)

HOWZYD (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@bubblevision Sarcasm at its best. Save the planet! :)

HOWZYD (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great in HD and well made, most relaxing 5 minutes I'v had on the internet for ages. Thankyou :)

bbenrud69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The video is beautiful. The colors are amazing. What video editing/processing software do you use? How much work do you have to do on the footage in the processor to make the colors look so true? Do you use video lights? How about a color correction filter? The close up shots are especially impressive. Is that something you do during processing, or does your camera focus that close?

Bereneiter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Velice pěkná podmořská upoutávka ... )

MsJLJvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Magical! Great accompanying music!

bubblevision (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@shoishoi Strange. They work fine here. Maybe update your Adobe Flash Player or try another browser?

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