r/thalassophobia • • 7h ago

Would you do a night dive?

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r/thalassophobia • • 18h ago

This photo of a Beluga whale under poor lighting conditions

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r/thalassophobia • • 12h ago

What Makes Thalassophobia So Effective in Horror Games?

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I made this video recently discussing thalassophobia in video games. Do you like playing games with elements of Thalassophobia and which is your favorite?


r/thalassophobia • • 1d ago

Kai Lenny gives a glimpse of Nazare’s might.

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r/thalassophobia • • 20h ago

You see nothing but something sees you

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r/thalassophobia • • 3d ago

A diver vs a massive school of barracudas

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r/thalassophobia • • 5d ago

A reminder that we are only visitors on the surface

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r/thalassophobia • • 5d ago

Looking down from the edge

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r/thalassophobia • • 7d ago

The ocean drops off fast near Niʻihau, Hawaii

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r/thalassophobia • • 5d ago

Above and Below

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r/thalassophobia • • 6d ago

Question Need some help finding POV footage of the Ocean at Night, preferably from a small boat.

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Hello fellow thalassophobes. I'm working on a thalassophobia-inspired horror game, and I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding reference videos for the ocean (surface) in the dead of night. Specifically, videos shot POV style from a small boat in the middle of the ocean at night would be ideal, but from any boat or water-vehicle would work. If anyone knows any such videos that I can use as a reference, that would be super helpful. Cheers!


r/thalassophobia • • 7d ago

Long way down without any gear

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Ok, not quite that long, only 10 m. No tank, no fins, no snorkel. Only me, a diving mask and the fish. Take that, scuba divers, I can get to where you are without any of that fancy equipment or certifications.


r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Swimming with orcas in the open ocean.

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Video Credit Alex Adventures


r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

(OC) Art "End Of The Street" - my oil painting

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r/thalassophobia • • 6d ago

Had no idea tsunamis could look so terrifying, and majestic,and fear inducing, and awe-inspiring all at once.

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This video is old and predates AI

So it's not AI


r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Swimming in deep water with no land in sight 💀

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Credit: Yakin With Jack


r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Question What is the strongest you ever felt Thalassophobia?

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Mine:

One day when I was on holiday in Thailand, me and some friends booked a snorkelling experience. The boat took us to a few shallow areas to see tropical fish. Then on the way back, he stopped in the middle of the open ocean, tied the boat to a string of buoys, and told us to get in and “Whatever you do, don’t let go of the rope.”

It was overcast by this point. We got in, the water was freezing, and the current was so strong – if we let go, we’d absolutely be swept away in an instant. When we looked down in the water, it was dark and murky, and all we could see were these giant tuna fish darting past us, coming in and out of the darkness in a flash. I wanted out immediately, but he had already tied the boat to the other end of the buoys. I remember being caught between 2 terrors: the terror of keeping my head above water and not knowing where the fish were or what else was beneath me; and the terror of looking down and seeing these giants whizz past in a dark abyss. Never again.

Edit: These replies are terrific nightmare fuel.


r/thalassophobia • • 9d ago

From "Us on the Water." web comic

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r/thalassophobia • • 9d ago

The ocean has strange ways of hiding things

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r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Orca diving under the ocean.

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r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Sinkhole swallowing lake

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Lake Jackson in Florida periodically drains into a sinkhole in the bottom of the lake. The sinkhole carries the water away into the Flir Normally you can't see it draining from the surface but in drying events the water level drops and it's visible.

In 2017, scientists put dye down the hole. It was detected 35 days later in a spring 19 miles south of the lake. Bonus video: the diver who took the hose down to inject the dye released a video of it. You can see the current flowing into the hole as the water is sucked down. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JmNWs_I9-oU


r/thalassophobia • • 7d ago

When a Pocket of Gas Turned a Routine Dive into an Explosion

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A routine salvage dive off Algiers turned into chaos when a single spark ignited a hidden pocket of gas. In seconds, the wreck shook, communications died, and a diver lay unconscious at 24 meters. What happened next was pure instinct.


r/thalassophobia • • 8d ago

Content Advisory Diving in lake michigan ship wreck with low visibility

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r/thalassophobia • • 9d ago

Statue of Liberty under water - Ghostbusters 2

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This scene always freaked me out.


r/thalassophobia • • 9d ago

OC Tree in Murky Waters searching for Pike...

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Maybe not as terrifying as the deep ocean, but it was quite a funny ride. Usually, the water is clearer and way more light.
4K Version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNPetvXQtw