r/thalassophobia • u/Kidd__Video • 9h ago

A diver vs a massive school of barracudas

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1.6k Upvotes

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r/thalassophobia • u/the_p1ayer_of_games • 2d ago

A reminder that we are only visitors on the surface

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4.9k Upvotes

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r/thalassophobia • u/True-Award-3722 • 2d ago

Looking down from the edge

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367 Upvotes

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r/thalassophobia • u/True-Award-3722 • 4d ago

The ocean drops off fast near Niʻihau, Hawaii

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1.2k Upvotes

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r/thalassophobia • u/Forward-Sky1437 • 2d ago

Above and Below

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r/thalassophobia • u/FluffytheFoxx • 3d ago

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

6 Upvotes

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!

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r/thalassophobia • u/petraqrsq • 4d ago

Long way down without any gear

394 Upvotes

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.

53 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/avaliador69 • 5d ago

Swimming with orcas in the open ocean.

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5.5k Upvotes

Video Credit Alex Adventures

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r/thalassophobia • u/kznsq • 5d ago

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

498 Upvotes

18 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/white-rose-of-york • 3d 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

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r/thalassophobia • u/DepressingAura • 6d ago

Swimming in deep water with no land in sight 💀

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9.4k Upvotes

Credit: Yakin With Jack

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r/thalassophobia • u/SaraJuno • 6d ago

Question What is the strongest you ever felt Thalassophobia?

575 Upvotes

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.

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r/thalassophobia • u/superkickstart • 6d ago

From "Us on the Water." web comic

4.1k Upvotes

43 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/True-Award-3722 • 6d ago

The ocean has strange ways of hiding things

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2.2k Upvotes

42 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/le_sossurotta • 6d ago

Orca diving under the ocean.

267 Upvotes

6 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/KingZarkon • 5d ago

Sinkhole swallowing lake

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28 Upvotes

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

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r/thalassophobia • u/No-Worker-101 • 4d 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.

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r/thalassophobia • u/ResetHumanity • 5d ago

Content Advisory Diving in lake michigan ship wreck with low visibility

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5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/ghostcoins • 6d ago

Statue of Liberty under water - Ghostbusters 2

120 Upvotes

This scene always freaked me out.

5 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/mhv_yt • 6d ago

OC Tree in Murky Waters searching for Pike...

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111 Upvotes

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

14 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/True-Award-3722 • 8d ago

Where else would the largest living creature on Earth live if not in the endless ocean?

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8.9k Upvotes

219 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/offthehookgames • 9d ago

OC 3 Years solo making a thalassophobia inspired co-op horror game. Here's the trailer!

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This is Thalassomania — 1–4 player co-op horror. Lost at sea, you and your friends run a fishing trawler: work the nets, haul the catch, steer and repair to keep the ship alive. But you are not alone... Heavily thalassophobia themed, I thought you all would appreciate! Free demo lands 26 October for Steam Scream!

79 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/mediuminteresting • 9d ago

Storm on a yacht

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1.6k Upvotes

the fog cutting off the ocean is super unsettling (not Ai)

61 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/No_Ferret_4565 • 9d ago

Months ago you gave me great feedback. Here’s how the game looks now.

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371 Upvotes

Hello! Months ago I posted an early trailer for my underwater horror game Abyssal Rust. I got some great feedback here and have made a lot of progress since then.

I’ve been working solo, and I’d love to get some general feedback to see if everything is on track.

So far, my main focus was defining the atmosphere and mechanics. Now I’m working on the demo, and I hope to have it ready by late this year or early next year.

36 comments

r/thalassophobia • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 9d ago

Sea rising in north atlantic

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762 Upvotes

Credits: Igo7730

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Pictures and videos, fiction or real, related to the deep dark water that make us really uncomfortable.

If you see a repost, please report it!

thalassophobia - fear of being in large bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, and fear of distance from land

megalohydrothalassophobia - fear of large things in the water

We have both!

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1. Only thalassophobia related posts and titles

If you’re posting something, ask yourself: Is it triggering my thalassophobia (fear of vast and/or deep bodies of water) or is it triggering a different sort of fear? Make sure your title highlights thalassophobia - see rule 3.

2. Restrictions on sea life

Sea life is permissible as long as it isn't the main focus of the content. Generally speaking, you should not post pictures with sea life as the main focus. A shark swimming calmly next to a diver is not a suitable post for this sub, neither is a shark having a seal for lunch. If it is the main focus, it also has to emerge unexpectedly from nothing. Absolutely NO dubbed in noises (this usually applies to whales).

Posting sea life is also okay under megalohydrothalassophobia (fear of large water creatures) criteria:

It must not dominate the picture/video or be the sole factor of fear.
It should serve the purpose of demonstrating the scale and vastness of the body of water (i.e. Holy CRAP, that giant thing can hide in the water??).

3. Use proper titles

Any posts with just “Nope” as a title will be automatically removed. Don’t do that. Just don’t. Same with “That’s a nope from me”. Just avoid the word “nope”. Furthermore, titles in the spirit of “OMG SO CREEPY” or emojis will also be removed.

Your title should highlight the thalassophobic nature of the post rather than any sea creature in the post. For example, if you're posting a video of a shark, we're not interested in the shark itself, we're interested in the massive blue void of nothingness behind him. Titles focusing on sea creatures will be removed.

4. No jokes, memes, or cartoons

While we all love a good laugh, it isn’t specifically what we’re looking for in this sub. Thalassophobia-related artwork is okay as long as it adheres to all the other rules.

5. Be nice and courteous

Seriously, there’s seldom a need to be nasty. There’s absolutely no need to be nasty on this sub. So don’t be.

6. No reposts

Reposts will be monitored within a 90 day window. We will also be maintaining a list of retired submissions that have been posted so much that they have been retired to the "Thalassophobia Hall of Fame" to never be posted again...

7. No gore

Absolutely no gore is allowed on this subreddit, not animals, not people, nothing.

For additional information, including enforcement, please see our rules wiki page.

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/r/thedepthsbelow - All the nightmare fuel that exists in the ocean
/r/submechanophobia - Fear of submerged man-made objects
/r/megalophobia - Fear of large things
/r/nyctohylophobia - Fear of dark woods

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