The action in Jack McCoy’s newest surf film, "A Deeper Shade of Blue," is stunning and the waves both beautiful and gigantic. But none of those reasons apply to why you want to see this film, which McCoy has called the pinnacle of his 40-year career as a surf cinematographer.

Instead, see the film to experience a unique underwater perspective that follows the surfers overhead, thanks to a Seabob underwater scooter that whisked McCoy between the coral reef and the coiling waves.

The movie opens today at Pearl Highlands Stadium 12 and Dole Cannery Stadium 18.

McCoy called the scooter his backstage pass to action he had only dreamed of capturing on film. He practiced for a year before taking the 150-pound Seabob into 6-foot waves off Tahiti.

That view prompted Paul McCartney to use McCoy’s underwater footage in a music video called "Blue Sway," which you can catch on YouTube.

"For years I have been sitting behind the wave, filming, trying to keep up with it — a stationary cameraman stuck in one place waiting for something to go by," McCoy said earlier this year. "The moment I got on this was the answer to my dreams."