30 Of The Strangest Things People Have Ever Found In The Ocean


We’ve charted the stars more thoroughly than the sea. And that’s not an exaggeration—we actually have better maps of Mars than we do of most of Earth’s seafloor. Which is pretty wild, considering water covers 70% of our planet.


That means every trip to the coast holds the chance to discover something new. And these curious ocean-goers did just that, stumbling upon everything from eerie underwater statues to creatures that look straight out of a sci-fi movie.


Scroll down to explore their fascinating finds—you might be surprised by what’s been hiding beneath the surface.


#1 Christ Of The Abyss, Key Largo, Florida


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#2 Apollo 11 Engines, Recovered By Bezos Expeditions


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#3 Washed Up Whale Spine


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#4 Found By The Ocean


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#5 Just Seeing Two People Stand On The Ocean Floor Is Strangely Unsettling


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#6 Real Talk I Think I Just Found A Shell With An Ancient Language On It


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#7 Ocean Atlas Is The World's Largest Underwater Statue. Located In The Bahamas


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#8 Underwater Sculptures At Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park


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#9 New Species (Porifera) From The Deep South Atlantic And North Pacific


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#10 Found This Weird Statue Buried In The Water Off The Coast Of Queens


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#11 This Thing Exists. Robust Armored Gurnard Satyrichthys Welchi Is A Strange Looking Fish


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#12 Unidentified Golden Orb Found In Gulf Of Alaska


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#13 This Fruit I Found It In The Ocean Of Cancun Mexico It Is Similar In Texture And Color To A Coconut But Is Much Smaller The Inside Smells Like A Citrusy Coconut


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#14 I Think I Found The Tiniest Heart Of The Ocean. It's Even Too Tiny For Doll Rose


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#15 Found Several Of These In The Ocean Off Moorea, French Polynesia


It’s feels like plastic and the blue is sparkly, only on one side.


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#16 Strange Lights In The South Pacific Ocean


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#17 Sigillina Cyanea, These Are Strange Creatures To 15 Cm Long


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#18 Wreck Of The Rms Rhone, British Virgin Islands


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#19 Ancient "Computer" Found Near Antikythera Island 1901, The Mechanism Consists Of A Complex System Of 30 Wheels And Plates With Inscriptions Relating To Signs Of The Zodiac, Months, Eclipses And Pan-Hellenic Games


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#20 Weird Sea Creature


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#21 The Ribs Of A Once Mighty Ship Bare On The "Graveyard Of The Atlantic." North Carolina, Outer Banks. 1973


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#22 Mariana-Trench, Deepest Oceanic Trench On Earth, Around 2,550 Km (1,580 Mi) In Length And 69 Km (43 Mi) In Width


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#23 Purple Anemone Next To What Appears To Be An Eye Of A Super-Camouflaged Fish. Or Perhaps Just Some Weird Reflective Property Of A Rock


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#24 Locomotive Graveyard, New Jersey


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#25 Huge Japanese Spider Crab


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#26 Today I Found A Rock At Ocean Grove Beach That Looked Like A Sandwich


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#27 Biggest Megalodon Fossil I Have Found. Found While Diving Off The Coast Of N.c


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#28 Weird Ocean Creature My GF Found On The Beach In Santa Cruz, Ca


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#29 Dug Out Carcass Of The St. Augustine Monster, 1896


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#30 Weird Ocean Blob Found In Puerto Rico


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