What's Hiding at Front Porch Bonaire Diving - ep. 54

Bonaire’s Front Porch looks ordinary from the shore—but beneath the waves lies a hidden adventure. Follow the hardpan out to a ledge, drop into a coral rubble field, both alive with surprises, and discover why this unmarked site is one of Bonaire’s best-kept secrets. Hidden in every ledge, crack or crevice, there are so many cool things to discover, and especially at night. Octopus, Queen Triggerfish, seldom seen decorator crab, cleaner shrimp, lionfish, sea cucumbers,a rarely found snowflake coral, and so much more.

For a macro photographer or videographer it is a dream. Access is easy from shore and nobody restricts entry. Come with us discover what is hiding in this magical place where some things are even hidden in plain site. A lot of marine life behavior you will discover you won't see anywhere else.

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#nature #marinelifewonders #macrovideo #octopus
#discovery
#nationalgeographic

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We want to include a marine life ID correction discovered by one of our subscribers, Martje Bakker. The Spaghetti Worm is actually a Crevice Brittle Star. They actually do appear in white with pink bands vs the brown color. The pink bands will be hard to see until YouTube puts up the HDR version we put up. Thank you Martje!

=== Chapters ===
0:00 Productions opening
0:09 Opening Sunset at a Front Porch
0:58A Diver's Life Intro
2:04 Surf's up at the ledge
2:32 Rubble Field Characters
4:22 Wild Queen Trigger Behavior
5:22 Follow those Fish
6:06 First Big Octopus
7:14 Heading back up for the night dive
7:35 Late Night at the Ledge
10:08 Second Big Octopus
10:35 Snowflake Coral
11:13 Rubble Field at night
13:37 Closing
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Music:
Bandah - Van Sandano (Epidemic Sound)
Blue - Eklo feat. Jordin Laine (RFM youtube)
Lights of Destination - Helmut Schenker (Epidemic Sound)
Sikhiya - 369 (Epidemic Sound)
Sumerian Paradise - Dew of Light (Epidemic Sound)
The Secret Spring - Helmut Schenker (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
Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
Nauticam Wet Wide Lens 1B (WWL-1B)
Atomos Ninja V+
Kraken Hydra 18000 WGBRU Underwater Video Lights
IPhone 16 Pro Max

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Credits

Underwater Cinematography, Script, Narration – Rich Schwerdtfeger
Drone footage - Casper Doumas
Video of Rich Driving the boat: Patrick Jeffray
Post Production: Rich Schwerdtfeger
Associate Producer and Spotter: Doreen Schwerdtfeger