My Clean Ocean
A great white shark gliding over a kelp-covered reef
Ocean Life

The Animals We Film

Field guides to the big animals of our coast, written around the questions people actually ask, with photographs our crews took in the water.

Sharks
A shortfin mako shark in profile just beneath the mirrored ocean surfaceShortfin Mako SharkThe fastest shark in the worldA great white shark gliding over a kelp-covered reefGreat White SharkThe largest predatory fish on EarthA blue shark up close with its mouth open, lit by shafts of sunlightBlue SharkThe most widely travelled, and most heavily fished, sharkA tiger shark rising over white sand in the Bahamas as an underwater photographer films it, with jacks and nurse sharks around itTiger SharkThe shark that eats almost anythingA bronze silky shark gliding through deep blue open water with a striped pilot fish swimming beneath itSilky SharkThe open-ocean shark the tuna fleets catch by the millionA diver alongside a whale shark in open waterWhale SharkThe biggest fish in the sea
Whales & dolphins
An orca rising vertically out of calm grey water to look aroundOrca (Killer Whale)The ocean's top predator, and the largest dolphin
Marine mammals
A California sea lion swimming straight at the camera through blue waterCalifornia Sea LionThe barking, curious acrobat of the Pacific coastA Florida manatee resting on a pale sandy spring bottom in clear blue water while My Clean Ocean founder Javier Mendoza swims past in a black wetsuitFlorida ManateeThe gentle sea cow, and why it needs warm water and seagrass
Forage fish
A huge swirling bait ball of sardines beneath the ocean surfacePacific SardineThe small fish that feeds the whole coast
Kelp forests
A Southern California kelp forestGiant KelpThe fastest-growing forest on Earth
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