spearfishing

A rare oarfish sighting off Southern California measured in real time

A 20-foot oarfish in less than 100 feet of water is the kind of encounter that rewrites expectations. At the Coronado Islands, a dive team witnessed something most researchers never see: two of these pelagic giants, upright and moving, not dying on a shore. The rarity of a paired sighting makes this observation especially valuable. It is a real-time data point for understanding a species we still know so little about.