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The Underwater World

as seen by

Walter Marti

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 Welcome to my Homepage. I hope you enjoy the following underwater films. I’ve included some links for more information about the locations or subjects. I’ve tried to keep this site short, concise and quick loading. All videos are in a linked to a Vimeo.com site, or are in a streaming .flv (Flash) format. There may be a slight pause before they start. Click on the Titles or Pictures. Don’t forget to turn on your speakers. If you don’t get any video, try downloading Adobe Flash by clicking on the Flash Player button above. If the video is a bit jumpy, try the LOW-RES VIDEO on the right column

 

I’m an amateur underwater videographer that resides in Southern California. I’m currently using a Sony HC9 HiDef videocamera in an Amphibico Dive Buddy Housing. My lights are four Fisheye Fix LED 100DX’s, or Light & Motion Sunray HID lights with a home built canister battery pack. I also use a home built 7" external monitor. For editing I’m using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. For underwater photo/video techniques check out http://www.uwphotographyguide.com

 

This site was updated May 2011. I’ve added new links and updated some old ones. If you have any questions or comments about any of my films, or would like to exploit my talents, please contact me walter (at) waltermarti . com

 

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The Deep Blue NEW!!!!

   (2010, 4:39 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

Filmed in the deep offshore waters of Southern California. This film highlights the odd seldom seen pelagic drifters.

AWARDS:

Second - 2010 Beneath The Sea, New York

Featured - 2011 Long Beach Scuba Show

 

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The Philippines 2011 NEW!!!!

   (2011, 11:55 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A trip video of my best shots. There were a lot of great subjects to film. It’s a bit lengthy, but you won’t be disappointed

AWARDS:

Featured - 2011 Long Beach Scuba Show


Anilao Resort


Puerto Galera Resort

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La Paz 2010                   NEW!!!!

  (2010, 6:19 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A trip video of my best shots. La Paz, Mexico is a great value in diving.

AWARDS:

Featured - 2011 Long Beach Scuba Show



The Resort

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Octopoda NEW!!!!

   (2010, 3:04 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A study of my favorite Cephalopod. Octopii see to have a character and personality all their own.

AWARDS:

Second - 2010 Underwater Images, Ohio

Featured - 2010 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

 

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Short Underwater Clips               NEW!!!!

Short clips of a single subject, most under 30 seconds. Updated with new clips frequently. Check it out.

 

 

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Critters of Lembeh

  (2009, 6 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A longer version of the below video.


 

 



LowRes Video



The Resort

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Lembeh Resort 2009

    A quick sampling of my recent trip to Indonesia. The music is from a live performance of the local dive staff. More to come soon.



LowRes Video

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Southern California

   (2009, 6 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

Inspired the TV commercials to “come enjoy the wonders of California” Come to California and enjoy the underwater wonders.

AWARDS:

Featured - 2009 SDUPS Film Festival, San Diego

Featured - 2009 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2009 North Sea Film Festival, Netherlands



LowRes Video

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The Conflict

 (2008, 2 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

There is stress and conflict brewing under the pier.

AWARDS:

Second - NCUPS Sea 2008 International Contest

Second - 2008 LAUPS 46th International Contest

Featured - 2009 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition




LowRes Video

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Enchanted By Bali

  (2008, 3 Minutes, Filmed in HDV)

Bali has a very exotic feel. This explores the beauty of Bali’s underwater world. Filmed in Tulamben, Bali.

AWARDS:

Third - 2008 LAUPS 46th International Contest

Featured - 2008 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - 2009 Long Beach Scuba Show

Trip Report


Resort


LowRes Video


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Sulawesi Sunset

   (2008, 3 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

Highlighting the bizarre and strange creatures of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Filmed in Bunaken National Park, Manado, and the Lembeh Straits. Don’t forget to view the extra clip after the film!

AWARDS:

First - 2008 LAUPS 46th International Contest

Featured - 12th Int’l UW Film Festival, Beograd, Serbia

Featured - 2009 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - North Sea Film Festival, Netherlands

Featured - 2009 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Trip Report


Resort


LowRes Video


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A Year Under The Pier

   (2007, 3 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A one year project of diving under the Newport Pier (California). Most days I didn’t even get in the water due to conditions. It is a popular fishing/surfing pier.

AWARDS:

First - 2008 Underwater Images, Ohio

Featured - 12th Int’l UW Film Festival, Beograd, Serbia

Featured - 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2008 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - 2008 Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy


LowRes Video


Cal Diving News

Article

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Living Steel

   (2007, 3 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

An Update to an old favorite ‘My Favorite 720' Dive’, exploring the life under the Southern California Oil Platforms.

AWARDS:

Third - NCUPS Sea 2007 43rd Int’l Contest

Fifth - LAUPS 45th Int’l Contest

Featured - 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show


More Info


LowRes Video

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Anilao - The Philippines

   (2007, 3 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A couple hours south of Manila is a wonderful Macro spot



 

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Guadalupe White Shark Adventure

    (2007, 17 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A trip video of diving with the Great White Sharks of Guadalupe Island off of Baja California, Mexico

Operator




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Tubbataha, a World Heritage Site

   (2007, 4:30 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A coral atoll in the Philippines, with dropoffs to 3,000 feet. Wall diving at it’s finest.


AWARDS:

Featured - 2007 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show

Trip Report ‘07


Park Info


Liveaboard


Travel Agent

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Humboldt Squid in Orange County

    (3:45 min.)


In the Summer of 2007, Orange County, California was invaded by Humboldt Squid. This video show them in action. They’re cannibalistic and there were lots of them. This was taken off of Dana Point.

Squid Info

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Oil Platform Eureka (45 sec.)

Flight of the Batray (30 sec.)

The Hermi Walk (45 sec.)

Ghosts of Catalina (30 sec.)

Sarcastic Fringehead Battle (40 sec.)

Garibaldi vs. Lobster (30 sec.)


 



Hermi Info

SeaBass Info



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Bon Bini Na Curacao (2007, 3 min., Filmed in HDV)

Curacao Island in the southern Caribbean has a lot for divers to see.


AWARDS:

Featured - 2007 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2007 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition




Resort



 

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The Pier (2007, 1 minute, Filmed in HDV) 

Exploring the habitat under a Southern California fishing pier.


AWARDS:

Honorable Mention - Under The Blue Int’l Contest 2007

 

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Kona Beach Diving (2007, 6 minutes)

The underwater beauty of Kona Hawai’i, from the beach. After all, Hawai’i is surrounded by water and beaches.


AWARDS:

Featured - 2007 Long Beach Scuba Show



Stayed at


Dive Sites

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Dear Mom... (2006, 3:30 minutes, Filmed in HDV)

A Letter home to mom. She never approved of some of my diving adventures


AWARDS:

Featured - 2007 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2006 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition



Liveaboard


Guide

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Turtle Yoda (2006, 3 minutes)

What if Yoda was reincarnated as a turtle?


AWARDS:

Finalist - 2006 Epic Contest

 

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Sea Of Cortez -Wide & Macro (2006, 3 minutes)

Short flight from LAX, world class diving. You could spend a lot more and see a lot less.


AWARDS:

Second - 2006 Underwater Images, Ohio

Finalist - 2006 Epic Contest

Featured - 2006 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2006 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Trip Report ‘04


Trip Report ‘01


Trip Report ‘99


Trip Report ‘97


Resort

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Critters Of Mabul (2006, 6 minutes)

Neighboring Sipadan has the name, Mabul has the strange critters.


AWARDS:

First - Orange County Fair

Third - Beneath the Sea Video Contest 2006

Featured: 2006 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured: 2006 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition



Resort

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Beauty In The Muck (2006, 3 minutes)

Nudibranchs of Malaysia


AWARDS:

Hon Mention - 2006 Underwater Images, Ohio


The Resort

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Sabah Dance (2005, 4:15 minutes)

Music video to dancing fish of Malaysia.


AWARDS:

Third - Epic 2005 Contest

Featured - 2005 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition


The Resort

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Life and Loves of the Opisthobranch (2005, 3 min.)

Life cycle of nudibranch of the Pacific coast


AWARDS:

Best in Show - Under Pressure Dive Society

Second - NCUPS Sea 2004, 40th Int’l Contest

Third - 2004 Underwater Images, Ohio

Hon Mention - 2004 LAUPS 42nd Int’l Contest

Finalist - Epic 2005 Contest

Featured - 2005 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005




Slug Site


Slug Forum

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White Sharks of Baja (2005, 3 minutes)

Great White Sharks of Guadalupe Island, Mexico


AWARDS:

Second - Under Pressure Dive Society

Hon Mention - LAUPS 42nd Int’l Contest

Finalist - Epic 2005 Contest



Trip Report ‘02


Guide

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The Monterey Shootout (2004, 30 seconds)

The contest was; shoot all day, edit all night, give them 30 seconds


AWARDS:

First - Monterey Shootout 2004

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005




Pt. Lobos Info

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Do Lunch (2004, 6 minutes)

Feeding habits of undersea critters in California


AWARDS:

Second - Beneath The Sea Video Contest 2004

Hon Mention - 2004 Underwater Images, Ohio

Finalist - Epic 2004 Contest

Featured - 2004 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2004 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

 

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Blue Waltz (2003, 3 minutes)

A music video set to the ‘Blue Danube’


AWARDS:

Hon Mention - 2003 Underwater Images, Ohio

Featured - 2003 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005



Jellyfish Info

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My Favorite 720' Dive (2003, 5 minutes)

The habitat created by the Southern California Oil platforms


AWARDS:

First - Beneath The Sea Video Contest 2003

Second - New Zealand’s Oceanz 2003

Featured - 2003 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2003 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005



Trip Report ‘99


Oilrig Info

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A Keen Eye (2003, 5 minutes)

This shows what can be seen in the So California waters, if one were to stop and look closely at the surroundings. Instead of just swimming aimlessly through the kelp.


AWARDS:

First - NCUPS Sea 2003 39th Int’l Contest 

Hon Mention - LAUPS 41st Int’l Contest

Finalist - Epic 2003 contest

Featured - 2003 Long Beach Scuba Show




Trip Report ‘00

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They Come... (2002, 3 minutes)

Squid runs in Redondo and La Jolla canyons, in Southern California. Yearly squid congregate for a mating orgy before they die.


AWARDS:

Finalist - Epic 2002 contest

Featured - 2002 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005



Trip Report ‘01


Squid Info


Squid Info

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Divin’ The Deep Green (2001, 5 minutes)

Exploring the emerald green waters of the Pacific Northwest.


AWARDS:

Second - NCUPS Sea 2001 37th Int’l Contest

Third - Beneath The Sea Video Contest 2001

Fourth - LAUPS 39th Int’l Contest

Hon Mention (Cinematography) Int’l Wildlife Film Festival

Featured - 2002 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - 2002 San Diego Undersea Film Exposition

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005




Trip Report ‘01


Guide

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My Backyard (1999, 5:30 minutes)

The first video I ever entered in a contest. A look at My Underwater World.


AWARDS:

First - Beneath The Sea Video Contest 2000

Featured - 2000 Long Beach Scuba Show

Featured - Aquarium of the Pacific, Diver’s Day 2005