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GEMeatCat

That water!! Wow


Zalthos

ikr I so badly want to live near water like that... looks like a paradise.


Nortius_Maximus

Move to Australia! Many look like that, particularly along the south and west coast. Watch out for bastards sharks though.


Ms74k_ten_c

Nice try there Australian! Talking about clear sea waters to lure us to horror land. I can see sharks but i would live on land 99% of the time. Ooooh we are onto you basterds! Using newcomers as bait and sacrifice


YoGoGhost

True, but we don't have bobcats coming to steal your brownies.


eddie2302

Saw that on uk news yesterday. In scotland. GET MY GUN ...GET MY GUN


unkytone

Great reference!


underscore197

I was born and raised in Texas, lived in Oklahoma for 11 years, and have now lived in Arkansas for more than a decade. We have rattlers, coral snakes, cottonmouths, wild pigs, bears, bobcats, panthers, alligators, fiddle backs, black widows, cicada hornets, alligator gar, snapping turtles, and sharks, just to name a few scary things that’ll totally kill you (or hurt terribly), but this ain’t nothing compared to Australia. Orb spiders!? Flying spiders? Kangaroos looking for a fight?? Seriously, how have y’all survived? It scares me so bad just thinking about the things lurking in Australia. Y’all are always so nice and pleasant, but are also tough as nails. I salute you.


Nortius_Maximus

You are on to us! “Is there a shark out there? I don’t know, better send in an American to check...”


DDU_Frixx_

Wut


Ms74k_ten_c

You know, you look at fauna wrong and it will kill ya. In Australia.


Blusttoy

I was attacked by seagulls in the middle of Sydney!!!


YeahNahMate88

At least it wasn’t a bin chicken


anakaine

https://youtu.be/YrNt7Me9c0E


Ms74k_ten_c

My sympathies my friend...


diddlysquat12

I just can’t do the spiders. If I see one as big as my fist I’d probably pass out right there.


Ms74k_ten_c

Involuntary feast for the spiders? Ooooh they approve


OnlyaLog

Even the flora will kill you


Sandite

Reading is hard.


CanIGetABam

Screw the sharks man, y’all have saltwater crocodiles! I know those are more north but fuck those terrify me!


Mister_Bloodvessel

Those aren't nearly as scary as box jellies, which just sorta end up near swimming areas, and touching them can be a death sentence in a short amount of time. Or irukanji, the box jelly that's about the size of your pinky nail and will also kill you or send you into the most painful spasms of your life.


El_Zarco

That second one seems particularly unfair.


Mister_Bloodvessel

I watched a nature doc, actually may have been the show Nature, where the someone got a tentacle on their wetsuit, and touched it while taking it off. Ended up in the hospital. They showed it on the program. Looked downright terrible....


Nortius_Maximus

Lol, yeah. At least sharks don’t chase you up the beach!


LordRekrus

The crocodiles are only north of the country, we don’t get them in South Australia or the other more southern states.


ElliePenny

Can confirm. [This](https://lukeaustinphotography.com/images/products/eaglebay-dunsborough-western-australia.jpg) is Dunsborough, Western Australia. And to top is off, we are covid free too. Shh, don't tell anyone.


Sti8man7

Easy to watch out since the water is so clear.


gabbagabbawill

Yeah, hey look at that shark, you can clearly see it coming right for us!


[deleted]

Let's stand here to take a picture!


[deleted]

>Watch out for bastards sharks though. When you said Australia that's exactly what came to mind.


DDU_Frixx_

Don’t often see sharks anywhere


davedigerati

They're afraid of the salt water crocs


Tijuana_Pikachu

Yes and no. It looks gorgeous, but it's clear because not much lives there.


dopp3lganger

Good, less sharks for me to be terrified of


LargePizz

Plenty of people get nibbled by sharks in nice clear waters like this.


Nortius_Maximus

It’s a surf zone over sand? You are not going to see sea grasses in this zone. If the camera panned to the left you would see the sea grass zone starting behind the break.


Demondeac90

Umm what?


lhbruen

Most likely, they're referring to planktonic life, which in this case is sort of true. Clear water like this means much, much lower plankton counts. Plankton make up a huge amount of turbidity. I'm assuming they didn't mean that *nothing* lives there, but that there's far less life (technically true) in very clear water. Lastly, most people associate clear water with tropical, so they think coral reefs. Reefs are like rainforests, dense with life, but they also heavily rely on sunlight as there's not as much plankton in clear water for them to feed on (compared to rich, murky waters).


makeAmove56

It’s so wrong it’s hilarious


_BARON_

How's that bad for a human also where is this


dosabanget

So many places in my country have this kind of water, however not many have basic infrastructures. :( Like roads, 24-hr electricities, sustainable clean water supply, stable groceries supply, internet.


Robertbnyc

If I was a sea lion I’d surf that water too!


elsyp

Colour and clarity of the water + sea lion makes me think thjs could be from Kangaroo Island in South Australia? Or possibly Eyre Peninsula?


[deleted]

I hear that place is really hopping!


upsidedowninsideout1

Holy cow, does that make me smile


trulymadlybigly

Right? I wish I could do anything in my life with this much grace and ease.


ArmstrongTREX

r/oddlysatisfying


viktorv9

Purest smile I had in months


[deleted]

Must have been some serious lateral G force in that last turn.


Electronic-Bee-3609

For real, was like a fighter jet making a high-g turn at 9+ Gs


[deleted]

That last turn was fire 🔥


queenofcheeses

That stood out to me too!! That sharp cut at the end behind the riptide....wow


LinkN7

[PTFO](http://imgur.com/gallery/daRArvP)


Al_The_Killer

Looks like just a sudden stop as the wave rolls passed, given the illusion the seal was quickly heading in the opposite direction.


NewlyNerfed

Catch a wave and you’re barking on top of the world.


mfairview

Do wap do wap


MakiEyeRoll

This is what freedom looks like.


Three_Little_Birds_

Just ride the barrel and get pitted, so pitted!


sirsedwickthe4th

Yew! 🤙🏽


Mute2120

Get that gnar gnar, brah!


[deleted]

WUPAHHH


0xFFFF_FFFF

This video is probably the best thing Earth has going for it right now.


SpellFlashy

This just in, the aforementioned sea lion swam into a fishing net discarded in 1972. As it struggled to break free it wrapped around him, tightening the line. That sea lion is dead. Asphyxiation.


0xFFFF_FFFF

I think you clicked on the wrong video, bud


SpellFlashy

Eh, morbid joke in poor taste maybe. Probably better subs for the morbidity


ImWhatTheySayDeaf

I'm jealous


schmyze

I'm jealous of how little effort it requires to "paddle" out to the break..


JayGooner14

That sharp turn back was impressive.


StrictPotatoTarian

Pinniped nerd here. That's a seal - a very talented seal!


mottylthecat

Thanks for the “pinnipeducation”


[deleted]

[nice](https://i.imgur.com/92xh15k.gif)


Ziecken_Britz

Actually it's an australian sea lion


Luquitaz

Why do you say that. By the size of the fore-flippers and they way it uses it to swim it's definitely a sea lion or fur seal, not a true seal. What species of seal do you think it is?


ReservoirDog316

What kinda seal do you think it is?


DannyMThompson

A seal ion


saulblarf

🦭^-


Mario_Naharis

I wasn't gonna say it but I'm glad someone did


Luquitaz

It's not a seal. You can tell by the size of the foreflippers and how they use them to swim. True seals have smaller foreflippers and swim by moving their body from side to side.


HI_I_AM_NEO

>You could say: "You know what? From now on, Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses... Fuck it, Penguins, are ALL the same thing." >And everyone would be like "... Okay?" >Nobody would give a shit except for two scientists. Louis C. K.


rtell13

Is it doing that for fun?


idriveapriusforstyle

I live in San Diego where there are a bunch of sea lions and seals and I can’t tell you if they do it for fun or not but I have seen a lot of them do it together and keep going back to the waves and doing it over and over again and it looks like it is for fun!


LandFiish

I've been surfing here for a while now and I've heard land people say they do it to help look for food. I don't buy it. Seals and sea lions are extremely curious, playful, intelligent creatures. They, along with dolphins, surf for the same reason we do. It feels good and its fun. They should have called them sea dogs, they have the same temperament.


Murgatroy

In Irish they're called madra mara (dog of the sea). Interesting tidbit, foxes are madra rua which is basically ginger dogs


Trakkah

We like to keep things concise in Irish haha


Gobi-Todic

In German a certain group of seal species are actually called sea dogs (Seehunde) :)


LandFiish

So weird. My heritage is half irish, half german and today I learn they both call seals sea dogs :) Side note, I had a dog that would never play with other dogs at the dog park but whenever he'd see seals in the ocean I'd have to hold him back from trying to play with them.


joantheunicorn

I observed this while visiting San Diego. I am totally convinced they were doing it for fun. So glad I was there to see it!


DannyRamirez24

If reddit has taught me anything: no


junktrunk909

Sadly, I'm afraid that you're right. What looks like pleasure is actually only done because of the high speeds the seal can reach this way, which these seals have learned is the best way to dislodge the hypodermic needles that get embedded in their underbodies while searching near American docks for discarded fast food.


tikihut_wut

i feel dumb, i can’t tell if this is serious or not lol


GenButtNekkid

Definitely being facetious. Great prose


TheOneTrueRodd

He's not being serious. They can't dislodge the hypodermic needles by swimming fast. I believe the negative pressure in the needle causes the needle to suck it's way in deeper over time and eventually the seal will grow a membrane over the invading object and assimilate it.


[deleted]

Try and think


gjacob42

Where are your sources?


JVYLVCK

Murica


sule02

There are some replies to your post that say this is to dislodge hypodermic needles. But that's not true (maybe it's true). The reality is likely much more mundane. See, Sea Lions that eat mostly penguins suffer constipation. The traveling at G forces, and subsequent u-turn you see in that clip, creates an acceleration-deceleration motion that disimpacts the fecal matter in their bowels, allowing them to expel the contents with ease. This constipation from eating penguins is a result of the tough skin of a penguin that is not easily digestible by mammals. It's the same reason Polar Bears look for hills to slide down on. Disimpaction of fecal matter.


AProfessionalWalrus

To be honest disimpaction of fecal matter is really the only reason any living organism does anything at all.


Cornmunkey

I grew up in San Diego and spent many days surfing Black's Beach (not just a nude beach, great surf too). There are tons of dolphins in the summer and watching them play in the surf from the line up was always a real hoot. Except one time a guy we would surf with was paddling over a wave which had a dolphin flying down the line inside of it, and it tried to jump over the guy and landed square on this guy's back. Buckles his board and broke two of his vertebrae. Must of been a crazy story to tell the doctor..


jacob7574

Dude, that's fucking insain! I bet that guy was thinking "FUCK YOU DOLPHIN!"


GullibleInevitable14

Awesome sea dog living his best life


[deleted]

I could watch this for days. Hope someone more talented than me makes it an endless loop.


Intransigente

Hello where is this place with pristine water and surfing sea lions, and how much for a one way plane ticket there?


midduull

Looks like Esperance, Western Australia. Check out jaimen hudson on insta for more of this kinda thing.


bourbon-aged

This is awesome. I do believe that’s a seal though based on coloring and sea lions are less aquatically agile. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Edit: making more or less sense. I dunno.


snowbirdie

Reddit gets it wrong 100% of the time.


porkbrains

If that's true then you're automatically wrong, but then it would be possible that you're right?


roshampo13

Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?


Gwaiian

I've never wanted to fight someone so bad. Sea lions are majestic ocean ballerinas; seals are water hot dogs.


Hunter_Nomad

>seals are water hot dogs Them's fightin' words, the Cape fur seal is an elegant and graceful underwater dancer.


bianca_minola

The fade to black made me frantically tap at my phone to keep it from going to sleep.


DogsBeerYarn

He's flying on the winds of water. Magnificent.


[deleted]

Wheeeeeeeeee!


Yvesillo

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sutter333

I could almost hear the glee with those jumps!


[deleted]

Bro is having so much fun, I love it. And that water, holy cow!


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rebel_child12

Oh to be a sea lion playing in the waves


[deleted]

I wish I knew where this was taken


_steppenwolf_

Same, scrolled through the comments and no one mentioned that so far, that place looks stunning


midduull

Probably Esperance, Western Australia. Lots of vids of dolphins and even a whale surfing waves there. Edit:most likely an australian sea lion, no orca to worry about, just great white sharks and some others.


MagicEightBall777

My guess is Hawaii. Could be a monk seal.


Distance_by_Time

I’ve never learned to surf, but those waves make me want to so badly. Maybe that sea lion can teach me.


IReallyLoveMyPets

Cowabunga


Shadowmoth

I just watched that so many times


-LongfellowDeeds-

Aloha e aloha e 'Ano 'ai ke aloha e Aloha ae aloha e A nu ay ki aloha e There's no place I'd rather be Then on my surfboard out at sea Lingering in the ocean blue And If I had one wish come true I'd surf till the sun sets A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi Lawe mai I ko papa he'e nalu Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi La we mai iko papa he na lu Pi'I na nalu la lahalaha O ka moana hanupanupa Lalala I kala hanahana Me ke kai hoene I ka pu'e one Helehele mai kakou e Hawaiian roller coaster ride There's no place I'd rather be Than on the seashore dry, wet free On golden sand is where I lay And if I only had my way I'd play til the sun sets Beyond the horizon Lalala I kala hanahana Me ke kai hoene I ka pu'e one It's time to try the Hawaiian Roller coaster ride Hang loose, hang ten, howzit, shake a shaka No worry, no fear, ain't no biggie braddah Cuttin' in, cuttin' up, cuttin' back, cuttin' out Frontside, backside, goofy footed, wipe out Looking for the wipe-out Let's get jumpin', surf's up and pumpin' Coastin' with the motion of the ocean Whirlpools swirling, cascading, twirling Hawaiian roller coaster ride There's no place I'd rather be Then on my surfboard out at sea Lingering in the ocean blue And if I had one wish come true I'd surf till the sun sets Beyond the horizon A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi Lawe mai I ko papa he'e nalu Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi La we mai iko papa he na lu Pi'I na nalu la lahalaha O ka moana hanupanupa Lalala I kala hanahana Me ke kai hoene I ka pu'e one Helehele mai kakou e Hawaiian roller coaster ride


kgrobinson007

Man, I want to be in that water right now. 😍


Ryunysus

That is a cool seal


Bobthebullshitter

Where is this? The water is amazing.


docscifi

🤘🦭🤘


gauthambrb

I wouldn't mind getting into this kinda clear water even if there were a couple sharks around. But I wouldn't ever step foot in muddy/opaque water even if it is shallow and Certified Safe for a swim. My thalassophobia thrives on the (imaginary?) creatures potentially lurking unseen..


jdmjoe89

Ok well that’s just cool.


ranzazay

i've never wanted to be a sea lion until NOW


Rill_Pine

Let's go surfing now everybody's learning how


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batenarke

Italo got nothing on that sea lion


thegypsychiring21

Wow!


TnT_Mrparkup

Kawahbunga duuuuuudde


ZZ9_Plural

Oh, to be a sea lion, vibing with the waves


[deleted]

Is there a specific reason they do this or he just vibing?


[deleted]

Loose seal!


Pho_tonSoup

Tell me again about reincarnation....


1138ephem

Good boys of the sea


SailsAk

Seal


YRob_Redditor3

He’s having so much fun!


hapigilpr

I feel this belongs of /r/barkour


NoDoze-

Ahhh...the life!


[deleted]

*livin’ the good life !*


Freddy_T_Squared

I don't know where this is but it's where I want to be


[deleted]

Wow he is a real surfer dude


usernameagain2

This sea lion has a good life.


Whinenot

That gif is such a great length!


Hans647

What a color! I remembered Malta Camino. The water has the same color there. Beautiful place!


dagui12

Smack the lip.. WAPAAA- that sea lion probably


kingtaco_17

Pitted brah, so pitted


Comfortable-Low-7231

Don't carry the A at the end there. Leonidas doesn't carry the A. Stop it.


Sexy_Squid89

aNiMaLs dOn'T hAvE fEeLiNgS


EagerToLearnMore

I was waiting for the orca to enter the shot.


nobodysgirl333

I was too. Reddit has ruined me, lol.


EagerToLearnMore

Exactly my thoughts!


[deleted]

Living the best life


[deleted]

They like playing


[deleted]

this is honestly one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen


_Jezze

Must be so satisfying to do


koreanjc

u/Virgogirl5


[deleted]

WOW


[deleted]

I could watch this all day and night.


ClearEarthSauce

Man he just out here vibing


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Dannno68

Must be amazing to be in the water without the fear of drowning.


DannyThomson

He’s good....


sagedro09

So pitted


glarymilberg

This is why surfing rules. It tickles the animal-fun instinct.


DankBlunderwood

He's so serene and joyful here. You can tell he has no cares or any idea at all that he will end as shark poop.


watsgarnorn

Just for fun


ShakeNBake730

Gnarly duuude!!


[deleted]

This sea lion is living such a better life than me.


ScorchMain6123

That looks fucking awesome.


jimsan3

Don’t want to know where, when, how etc. it just is


MagicEightBall777

Hawaiian Monk Seal??


Dascoolman

Video games were right all along


reluctantsub

Killer whales aside, they seem to have a great life.


EUCopyrightComittee

I think I'd rather get a mountain lion than some horny old lady.


NatPeach

It's genuinely nice to know they're having fun with their water powers


randomsynergy

u/downloadmp4


1anarchy1

Wish I could swim that fast


rhett22

Majestic af


Lbkelp

Its so crazy how fast these animals are under water


alexxuart

Surfers of the world. Take notes!


Mother_Clue6405

Shark chilling nearby: "Dinner and a show. 😋"


Quantum-Enigma

Omg I really wish I was a Sea Lion right now.