Kent Denver School Goliath Grouper Research Project
The two OceanCams are positioned facing northwest, about 12 feet apart, between the nothbound and southbound lanes of the Bahia Honda Bridge. The best times for viewing are at slack high tide or anytime on the flood tide. The above-water cameras are in two positions, one viewing the equipment and one in the electronics enclosure. The enclosure camera allows us to monitor solar, wind and battery operations.
The Goliath Grouper Project was teens4oceans first “Whale Project”, a venture chartered by Kent Denver School in Denver, Colorado. Headed up by science teacher Trevor Mendelow and a group of ninth grade students, the project aimed to install live video cameras in the Florida Keys with underwater listening devices and lights. Schools will have the opportunity to view the two cameras live on the web, and can join the Kent Denver community and assocatied scientific advisors in their research efforts in the coming years. Schools that join the project can be given control of the cameras, on a limited basis, and can access archive high resolution footage for study purposes. More information about the Goliath Grouper will be posted in the “current projects” section of their site.
When using Flip4Mac (quicktime plug-in), if you would like to have better capability for enlargement of the window, control-click on the window and select options. You can select for streaming video to open automatically, and select for the Quicktime application.
For more information about the Kent Denver School Goliath Grouper Research and the teens4oceans Project visit: teens4oceans.org
Tags: Goliath Grouper, IP camera, marine telepresence, ocean telepresence, PTZ camera, underwater telepresence, underwater video camera
I love this site and share it with everyone, especially people with kids. This is a great learning tool for everyone! Keep up the great work…just keep swimming!
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I just saw a cormorant come down chasing fish!!!
I’m so glad I have two monitors at work so I can leave it up full screen on one. Like a live screen saver!
charlie is right, cam is great and addictive for sure!
Chuck I told you……this underwater cam is great. I can’t get enough of it. I’M HOOKED!
Wow…. Todays veiw was great…. I have never seen so many species in one day…a school of jacks a lot of permit and a large group of tarpon moving around when tide was ripping… I did see a couple of goliaths together and a nurse shark that was cruising the bottom… I cant stop watching!!!
PLEASE FIX CAMERA. IM BLACKED OUT TOO..PLEASE I SAW A GIANT SNOOK AND MANGROVES ”SNAPPER”, WHEN THE CAMERA WAS LOOKING UP… WHAT A VIEW TOO…”KEYWEST.FLASH ”
BERMUDA CHUB, WON’T LET IT GO ! KEEP’S GOING BUCK ON CAMERA IT’S A GREAT VEIW……..
I saw the monster on feb 8 it was great,alot of spadefish and lookdowns’ daily and snapper and porkfish too …chuckthekeywestflash
Did you guys just clean the housing of the camera? Vis is the best Ive seen in weeks.
Thank you for the info on the green coloring of the water on camera. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it like that before.
Because that is the visibility of the water today in the keys.
Why is the lens showing so green??? Is this the new camera???
Contact Trevor Mendelow at tmendelow@kentdenver.org
Try to log in about 2 pm, change of tide and it gets a lot better, and thats about the time the goliath fish starts roaming the area. Good luck!!
When can we expect the water to clear up!!????Have wished this program on many friends.I do hear some,,WHAT WHAT…????
I’m going camping with my husband to this very same spot where the cam is,we are going to doing some snorkeling..hope the visibility is good that weekend.
I’m addicted to this website, it’s just plain beautiful.. even when I’m sitting at my desk at work…”I”M SNOKELING”..
I am so glad that the camera is back on line as I really enjoying watching the fish and trying to identify what I am seeing. Fantastic project!!
Now you see the Tarpon comming in. These aew juveniles. Silver sleek body like the Snook but no black line and a forked tail. This species as you may know is a highly sought after fighting fish famous for breaching the surface when hooked. They grow into the hundreds of pounds! See you on the beach! ricksnkw@yahoo.com
Wonderful viewing today: Slkack tide is always best here! Loads of Snook, These ae silver with the black line on the side. Permit Fish come through. These are the very thin but tall bodied silver ones you see. They are relative to the Pompamo. I just saw two small Goliath Grouper, as we know, these will mature at over 500lbs. records take them above 700lbs in the old days. I saw a Hog Snapper, surprised me to see him. Delicious fish, usually hides next to the sea fans and other soft corals. Some Damsels and Sgt Magors went through. Still waiting to spot a Bull Shark. They are always crusing this area. I have been diving this area for many years. Send me an e-mail if you like at ricksnkw@yahoo.com. See you on the beach!
INCREDIBLE..Thanks for the effort and the availability to us underwater people. I met Jacques Cousteau at his birthday party gathering at abc-tv when Jacques was on Good Morning America. We talked about his refurbishment of the Calypso, and I’ll bet that he would have loved the live cam idea. -Dave Fredericks
6/29/09,,,What do we have on camera?????Glad your back,how about a bit of audio??????where are we???? love it..Bill UK…
Glad to see the camera online!!!! But, what are we looking at???
Are you watching???Bill Jr down there in Ala!!!!!!keep watching,it will be soon,,Bill UK
Seem’s forever,must be union workers,,,now that is funny,,,,Love it,ukuk
I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.
I am waiting,I hope it is soon,I may be driving down very soon and would hope the water is clear,,,Don;t rish it,but hurry….uk
These are great.
Unfortunately yes. Florida DOT moved up their scheduled work on the bridge. We should have it back in June. In the meantime, we may have a temporary home for the camera. Stay tuned.
Trevor and the Teens4Oceans team are also working to place a camera in the Dry Tortugas off Key West.
have you taken your bahia honda cam off line or changed the site to a new location have not been able to get any pictures for a week
I want to say – thank you for this!
I love watching this. I keep it on my computer screen quite a bit.
How often does the camera lens get cleaned. I think it needs it now.
WOW THATS MUCH LARGER THAN I THOUGHT WHILE SHOWING THIS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN I TOLD THEM THEY WERE ABOUT 30 LBS. THIS IS A GREAT SITE THE CHILDREN JUST LOVE TO WATCH
The groupers reach maturity at about 7 years. The majority of the groupers at the site are about this age as they move from the mangroves to the reef. The bigger individuals you see are perhaps as old at 18 years (about the time their protection began) and 300 pounds or more. We are working on developing a method for identifying individuals.
Trevor Mendelow
Science Teacher
Kent Denver School
how can you tell which goliath are babys they all look so large i was told that they grow about 4 to 6 inches a year and they live around 30 years
DO YOU HAVE A SOME TYPE OF SCALE TO DETERMINE THE SIZE OR AGE OF THE FISH IN THIS STUDY
The students at Kent Denver School are in control of the camera. They move it all the time.
it looked like someone was working on your web cam on 3/15/09 and it looks as if the direction eas changed do you know which way the camera is looking now
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Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.
3/10/2009; 10:13am; Visability:10ft; Current:low/moderate……Two beautiful baby Goliath in view. Lots of Mangrove snapper; several small Permit; a few Grunts and Sargent Majors. Water is merky withless debris filtering down from surface than the past days. Summer diving is right around the corner.
no jewfish today
March 2,2009 1:14pm Visibility is down to three inches. Very high current. Typical winter diving day in the Key’s. Be patient though! Summer will bring us great viewing from this site. The Goliathes are comming! The Goliathes are comming! BACK!!!!! Ps. Sea World released three manatee at Blue Spring State Park last week. Rita is 3500lbs! Tracking devices are in place. So far, all three are resocializing with the local population and doing fine in the warm 72 degree spring waters! Rick
The most interesting fact that today, i see same article:).
Although I do not remember there may be a link to the source,
but probably not – but your site look solid.
2-26-2009 9:40am::: Visibility poor, Under 5ft. Medium current:::: Two small Goliath in frame. One <2 lbs. Other <5 lbs. Camera orientation=DOWN; aprox 15 degrees
2-25-2009 11:57 Two Goliath in view !! One is 4 to 10 lbs. Second is 20 to 40 lbs! Visibility is poor at 12 feet. Current is light!
Is anyone watching this Goliath.(6:55pm- 2,24,08) Got to be over 80lbs! He is hovering in a nose down orientation. Drifting in and out of view between this camera and the light station 12 feet out. Wish we could get a clearer view. I have heard that two years ago some one took a 500lber out of this channel. I sure hate to see them poched. I use to dive with the Looe Key monster till someone took him. He was 300+ last I saw him in 2004. Enjoy!! Rick
Wonderful project. I have many times dove this very site to view the undersea life. Can’t wait for the summer months when I expect that the visibility will be greater. Today, I am viewing one baby goliath and a field of permit fish. Mangrove snapper are congrigating near the other station. Visibility is about 13 feet. (12:57pm) Thank you!!
this is such an awesome site knowing these fish are being protected. I have always found it interesting to snorkel over the reefs.
thank you for your dedication.
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