People and the Sea Video and Film Stock Footage

The extensive "People and the Sea" collection features unique encounters between divers and diverse marine life, plus boating, surfing, fishing, and much more, sourced on SD and HD video and film.
View Cinematographer Highlight below about a unique encounter.

People and the Sea Categories:
All People and the Sea
Attacks on People
People HD
People Film
People Underwater
People Topside

People and the Sea Subjects:
Aquaculture
Aquarium
Beach
Boating
Body Board
Canoe
Clam Digging
Coast Guard
Cruise Ship
Diver
Diver, Blue Hole
Diver, Bubble Ring
Diver, Cage Diver
Diver, Cave
Diver, Dolphin
Diver, Fish
Diver, Fish Feeding
Diver, Fish School
Diver, Giant Octopus
Diver, Humbolt Squid
Diver, Humpback Whale
Diver, Ice
Diver, Invertebrate
Diver, Jellyfish
Diver, Kelp Forest
Diver, Manatee
Diver, Manta Ray
Diver, Mola Mola
Diver, Moray Eel
Diver, Open Ocean
Diver, Photographer
Diver, Pilot Whale Attack
Diver, Reef
Diver, Sea Horse
Diver, Sea Lion
Diver, Sea Otter
Diver, Sea Snake
Diver, Sea Turtle
Diver, Seal
Diver, Shark
Diver, Shark Hypnosis
Diver, Spear Fishing
Diver, Sperm Whale
Diver, Turtle
Diver, Whale
Diver, Whale Shark
Diver, Wreck
Free Diver
Ferry
Fish Processing
Float Plane
Fishing
   Cyanide Fishing
   Fly Fishing
   Gill Net
   Purse Seine
Freediver
Friendly Gray Whale
Helicopter
Indigenous People
Jet Ski
Kayaking
Lifeguard
Marine Mammal Rescue
Ocean Rescue
Oil Rig
Para Glide
People and Lava
People and Sharks
Pollution
Recreation
Research Vessel
Sailing
Snorkling
Spear Fishing
Submarine
Surfing
Surfing, Big Wave
Surfing, Kite
Surfing, Tow Surfing
Surfing, Wind
Swimming
Tourist
Whale Watching
Yachting

Click to Play Video Clips:

People Watching Lava Flow

Diver Spearfishing

Snorkeler Hold Stingless Jellyfish

Dolphin Stranding

Halo Bubble Over Freediver

Big Wave Surfing Pipeline

Big Wave Tow Surfing Jaws

Big Wave Jetski Surfing

Big Wave Tow Surfing

Great White Shark

Diver Holds Small Silky Shark

Watching a Sea Horse

Great White Shark

Filming Giant Octopus

Man at Bottom Of Crevasse

Cinematographer Highlight:

While I was filming in the Azores under government permit with photographer Bruce Watkins, we chanced upon a Sperm Whale calf alone on the surface. We stopped our boat well away from the calf, who was performing tail slaps and other surface behaviors. I quietly slipped into the water and remained motionless. As soon as the calf saw me it turned to look at me and then rolled onto its back and swam very fast directly at me, opened and closed its mouth, and stopped just in front of me. It stayed next to me, rolling and inspecting me with each eye before moving off to join its mother. Through my 12 years of research with humpback whales and filming other whales (Sei, Gray, Fin), I have had many very special moments, but this brief four-minute encounter is one of my most cherished.

Harrison A. Skip Stubbs, PH.D.

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Photography by Bruce Watkins
brucewatkins@earthlink.net.