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Sanctuary Videos

Because of its remote location, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is a site most people will never see in person. Videos of the sanctuary are the next best thing to being there. Be sure to check back with us every so often and see what else we've added to our video collection!

Below are links to several video pages that show off the spectacular variety of life within the sanctuary, as well as a few other odds and ends. In addition to these dedicated video pages, you will also find videos embedded in other parts of our website to help tell our story.

Header Video: A pink-tipped anemone provides shelter to several tiny, transparent shrimp within its swaying white tentacles. This anemone was spotted on the reef at East Flower Garden Bank, approximately 180 feet (55 meters) underwater. (Credit: FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP)

Sanctuary Video Series

Opening screen of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary introductory video

Flower Garden Banks Video Series (English)

Educational videos with narration and subtitles:

  • Introduction to the Sanctuary
  • Coral Reefs
  • Underwater Snowstorms (coral spawning)
  • Mantas and Sharks
  • Twilight Zone
Opening screen of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary introductory video in Spanish

Flower Garden Banks Video Series (Spanish)

Videos educacionales con narraciónes y subtítulos:

  • Introducción al Santuario
  • Arrecifes de Coral
  • Nieves Submarinas (desove de coral)
  • Tiburones y Manta Rayas
  • Área Nebulosa

Wildlife

A green moray peeking out from a coral cave

Fish

This page includes videos of:

  • Fish Cleaning Station
  • Green Moray
  • Lionfish Survey
  • Balloonfish
  • Sanctuary Fish Highlights
An octopus blending it with its surroundings

Invertebrates

This page includes videos of:

  • Octopus Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Octopus & Squid
  • Moon Jellies
  • Sanctuary Invertebrate Highlights
  • Sea Hares
A manta ray swimming above the reef

Sharks & Rays

This page includes videos of:

  • Manta Rays
  • Mobula Rays
  • Sandbar Sharks
  • Spotted Eagle Rays
  • Rays
  • Sharks
A star coral releasing egg bundles

Spawning

This page includes videos of:

  • 2013 Coral Spawning Cruise
  • Brittle Stars Spawning
  • Corals Spawning
  • Sponges Spawning
  • Christmas Tree Worms Spawning
Loggerhead sea turtle swimming over ridges at Stetson Bank

Sea Turtles

This page includes videos of:

  • Sea Turtles
  • Saving an Entangled Sea Turtle
  • Rehabilitated Hawksbill Releases
Two dolphins just beneath the surface of blue water with white water splashing behind them.

Marine Mammals

This page includes videos of:

  • Dolphins at Stetson Bank
  • Dolphins Riding Bow Waves

Other

A scamp grouper with a thought bubble that says, There's a coral reef where?

Educational Presentations

This page includes webinar recordings from presentations about:

  • Coral Reefs of TX and LA
  • Coral Bleaching
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Photo Safari Stories
  • Coral Spawning
A remotely operated vehicle with a bright yellow top hovering above a reef

Research and Monitoring

This page includes video of:

  • Research Projects
  • Long-Term Monitoring Activities
  • Resource Protection Activities
  • Mohawk ROV