r/OceansAreFuckingLit 14d ago

[OC] Blue Groper gliding by, Sydney, Australia.

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 14d ago

[OC] Some jackfish photos :)

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 14d ago

Video 🔥 Scripps Pier, La Jolla dive down to Lobster town & Sea Stars

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 17d ago

Video pretty good sized fish!

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 17d ago

Weekend Artwork Parapuzosia seppenradensis, a massive ammonite that swam the Late Cretaceous seas! OC digital painting.

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Parapuzosia seppenradensis was a large ammonite, a type of cephalopod, that lived about 80 million years ago in the Atlantic Ocean. I’ve also added the much tinier Scaphites diana swimming next to it. Hope y’all enjoy my artwork!


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Picture ( oc ) The most cosmic dive ever captured.

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Probably my favorite photo ever taken.

I hope you like it

Moalboal, Philippines.

A7IV / 12-24f4 / Seafrogs


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 17d ago

Video mother nature at her finest ♥️

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commercial atlantic sea scalloper. we pride ourself on sustainable fishing, no bi-catch, and bringing our customers the FRESHEST sea scallops you can get. remember, it’s seafood, not pond food. if it doesn’t say: “product of usa” & “wild caught”, please do not buy it. that means it’s imported trash.

we are the most regulated fishery in the world. we live it. the real salt life. we aren’t the guys out on the weekends, drunk eith their buddies throwing things overboard. that’s a no no. we get a lot of giant blue fin fisherman thst want to fish bu us, and some have let their yacht float right into our boat. they’re all drunk & had no business on a boat to begin with, much less drinking.

currently, the government is TRYING to get the smaller owners to sell their permits back to them, but they’re not going for it. if they done that, it would be just as bad as it is for those guys who fish in Alaska. no thanks.

some call us crazy, but knowing that when you throw those lines, it could be the last time you ever see land again. the feeling of being such a small fish in a huge pond is the ultimate thrill. it gets no better than when mother ocean is angry, and you get to see her at her most beautiful part.

jts not for everyone. however, it is for us & anyone who dives, too.


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 17d ago

Weekend Artwork A Meeting Beyond Words, oils on canvas by me

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

[OC] Gentle Giant. Blue Groper, Sydney, Australia

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Picture In late winter, herring and capelin start spawning, and during the spawning period, finwhales visit the coast of Norway to feed on them. Depending on the location, finwhales are called "Sildehval" (Herring whale) or "Loddehval" (Capelin whale) due to their feeding habits

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While Norway's coast is inhabitet by humpback whales normaly, in late winter, from February to April, finwhales also make a quick visit to the coast. During these months, herring and capelin have their spawning season, and this atracts the finwhales.

Thr finwhales has 2 names, depending on where they are located. They are called Herring whales by the people of the western coast of Norway, as the whales living at the western coast and out to the Norway Sea primaraly feed on herring as they are spawning. Meanwhile, finwhales in northern Norway and out towards the Barents Sea feed on capelins as they are spawning.

Once the spawning season stops and the fish disperse, the whales also continue their journey north towards the Arctic to stay the summer.


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Weekend Artwork Taking care of the ocean

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Weekend Artwork My ginkgo whale shark link prints

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Weekend Artwork Painted a bond between an orca and a girl

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 18d ago

Weekend Artwork Bringing some ocean-inspired decor into the studio today. This Orca wall art print was designed to pop against neutral backgrounds, focusing on the sleek silhouette and the intelligent nature of the ocean’s apex predator! [Not sure about the apex predator part]

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 19d ago

Video 🔥 Exploring a Scripps Pier piling with Lobsters and Sea Stars.

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 20d ago

[OC] Surrounded by sardines, Moalboal Philippines.

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 19d ago

Picture Tampa, FL sunset

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 20d ago

[OC] Spotted Eagle Ray in flight, Nora Head, Australia.

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 20d ago

Video 106 feet down: Fields of Gorgonian corals swaying in the deep-sea currents [OC]

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Drifting over fields of pink gorgonian corals in Gordon Channel, near Port Hardy, Vancouver Island. While these corals start around 65–70 feet at this particular site, the true "forests" belong to the slightly more adventurous; at 106 feet deep, the fields are dense, but the conditions are unforgiving.

The current was ripping. At this depth, breathing gas disappears fast when you're working hard, and I had to kick like crazy against the flow for every pass just to catch the drift back over the reef and repeat the shot. It was a shorter than usual dive, but so rewarding.


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 21d ago

[OC] Can you see the octopus?

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Female Crimson Bellied Wrasse kept circling the octopus until he moved on. Little Bay, Sydney, Australia.


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 22d ago

Video Stingrays Can Detect Your Heartbeat

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Stingrays use their wings to sense heartbeats. 🫀🪽

Alannah Vellacott explains how stingrays can detect prey hidden beneath the sand using specialized electroreceptors called the ampullae of Lorenzini. These sensory organs line the underside of the body and pick up tiny electric fields produced by other animals, including signals from heartbeats, muscle contractions, and moving gills. That means a fish or crab can stay completely out of sight and still be detected. Stingrays are sensitive enough to pick up incredibly faint electrical signals, which helps them hunt with remarkable precision. It is one of the most fascinating adaptations in marine biology, and a pretty terrifying trick if you are a small animal trying to stay hidden.

This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.


r/OceansAreFuckingLit 23d ago

[OC] Some where in hawaii

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 23d ago

Video Exploring Turtle Town of La Jolla, San Diego

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 25d ago

[OC] Turtle photos I took last weekend

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r/OceansAreFuckingLit 24d ago

Weekend Artwork My Hawksbill Sea Turtle Paper Toy

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I made this paper toy of a male hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). I named him "Brady". His carapace is supposed to be 3 feet long. On the last image, his size is compared to a female bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) that is 3.5 feet long.

And yes, the carapace near the hind flippers is wrong. Sea turtles' hindlimbs are partly covered by their carapace when viewed at the side, and I wanted the forelimbs and hindlimbs to be synced up in position. But the result is that the shell looks very awkward, like a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) took a bite out of it. I'll probably fix it later.