The darker the beach, the better, but ambient light in the distance makes for striking images. But when the waves break further back, onto water, that’s where you get the brightest blue, he said. If waves crash right on the sand, for example, the glow is not as strong. “Just by going out as much as we have, we’ve noticed patterns and things to look out for.” “There’s a decent amount known about bioluminescence, but there’s also not a lot known,” he said.
He’s also been able to make a side job out of selling his images.Ĭoyne, who works for Apple as his day job, said it’s the unknown that keeps him go back out at night for more. “It was so dark there and it was a huge area and concentrated.” They swam in it, paddled through it and watched dolphins, alligators and manatee glow in the electric water.Ī post shared by Patrick Coyne had an incredible time,” Coyne said. “Now I’m known as the bioluminescence guy,” Coyne said with a chuckle.Ī Florida company, Get Up and Go Kayaking, found Coyne’s work and a month ago flew him out to take footage of bioluminescence happening at Merritt Island, a tourist attraction from September through October. One guy even wanted a photo with him one recent night. Some follow his social media to see when he posts live videos and rush down to see it first hand. There’s been more people Coyne has met on his night adventures. They hit it off and now Gravley, who lives in Newport Beach, does “recon” checks on whether the ocean has a rusty hue during the day – a red tide can indicate the ocean might be glowing at night. Joining him on recent outings is fellow photographer Josh Gravley, who he met last year while out shooting bio, as he calls it for short. Trying new things out, new angles, shots and video is super fun.” I’ve been able to catch it a lot over the last year and a half. “The time goes fast, you forget you’re there for hours on end. “When you’re staring at glowing blue water, it never gets old,” Coyne said. That’s not counting the hundreds of hours he put in last year.Īnd if the bioluminescence event is strong, he’ll stay even longer, finding new angles to shoot video and images. He’s estimated he’s gone out at least 50 times so far this year, each jaunt taking four-to-five hours, making for at least 200 hours he’s spent chasing the glow. So when he heard it was showing up again earlier this year, Coyne had to again document it’s appearance. He swam in it, put it in bottles to shake it around, marveling at it with a curious wonder. Through that strong bioluminescent phytoplankton bloom, which lasted nearly two months, Coyne was able to capture amazing moments, everything from neon blue dolphins frolicking alongside the Newport Coastal Adventure boat, to countless videos showing his toes kicking up sand that lit up like it had been zapped with magic. Then in 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic hit and the world needed something to marvel at, Coyne and two other photographers, Mark Girardeau and Royce Hutain, captured images and video of bioluminescence happening off Newport Beach’s coast that went viral. He first got a glimpse of a bioluminescence bloom in 2018 and again in 2019 in Malibu, not strong events but enough to make him curious about the mysterious phenomenon.
Like the phytoplankton blooms that cause the ocean to glow, Coyne’s drive to photograph bioluminescence events has grown.
But it all can depend on condition and weather.” “Since we’ve been checking every other week, we can make that assumption now. “We’ve come to the conclusion, it happens way more often than we realize,” he said.
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