DiveFilm Episode26 - "Elements of Black Water"

In this hauntingly beautiful footage of pelagic marine animals in the dark of night, Matthew D'Avella takes us into a realm rarely entered by scuba divers: Black Water. Many divers are familiar with Blue Water diving where the diving takes place in open ocean. Much of the marine life encountered is found only or primarily in this pelagic, or open ocean, environment. This film is about the open ocean animals that come out at night, and more specifically the nocturnal open ocean animals off the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Matthew D'Avella is currently based in Kona, Hawaii and works most nights as a boat captain and dive guide at the famous Manta Ray Night Dives of Kona. By day, Matthew is a woodworker and produces one-of-a-kind custom furniture. He also produces some stunningly beautiful video. To learn more about Matthew, please check out his website at www.mdavella.com, and his bio on the Filmmakers Page at DiveFilm.com. We hope you enjoy this podcast!