Deep-Sea ROV Dive Cam - SuBastian

Thousands of feet below the surface, a remotely operated vehicle called SuBastian glides over the deep seafloor, its bright lights picking out glass sponges, cold-water corals and strange drifting creatures that few people have ever seen. On screen, live readings show the depth, water temperature and oxygen as the dive goes on.

SuBastian is launched from the research ship Falkor (too) and can dive to about 14,800 feet (4,500 m). Its robotic arms gently collect rocks, animals and water samples, and every dive is streamed as it happens, so new species are sometimes spotted live.

The ship moves between expeditions around the world, so the view changes from month to month. In October 2026 the dives are exploring the Romanche Fracture Zone, a deep gash in the seafloor near the equator in the Atlantic Ocean. Between dives and expeditions the stream goes quiet.

Did You Know? At around 12,000 feet (3,600 m) deep, the water sits just above freezing and the pressure is more than 350 times stronger than at the surface.

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