Manta Ray in Francis

surfnh · Post by **surfnh** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:32 pm

Sorry, another pic today....after snorkeling the morning at Waterlemon, we took it easy at Francis in the afternoon, but left our snorkeling gear back at the house, along with our underwater camera. Then of course at Francis, the dang Manta Ray was doing laps back and forth along the beach, like 5' from us! It was ridiculous, you didn't even have to search for it, as there was a horde of snorkelers and people on SUP's following the thing around all afternoon! Check out this pic....oh well, I promise to get a good pic of it to post while we're here, all we have today are some pics from the beach. The thing is really huge!

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efrank · Post by **efrank** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:35 pm

That is so cool, especially to see the size compared to the people around it! Hope it's still there in June for our next trip

surfnh · Post by **surfnh** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:40 pm

efrank wrote:That is so cool, especially to see the size compared to the people around it! Hope it's still there in June for our next trip

Actually one time we were standing in the water after a swim, and it swam between my wife and me, like 4' from each of us, just incredible! We thought we needed people in the pic to get a feel for the size, glad you noticed!

lprof · Post by **lprof** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:45 pm

Awesome! Thanks for sharing and please continue!

SOonthebeach · Post by **SOonthebeach** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:03 pm

SO cool! We snorkeled Maho last week but did not see it. Incredible!

lpowmacback · Post by **lpowmacback** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:49 pm

So cool- thanks for sharing!!

We'll be there in 4 days- and will try and find him!

PSUWethr · Post by **PSUWethr** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:56 am

I think we saw him a few weeks ago. We just hung out in the water and he came real close to us....then he went down the beach and the people freaking out down the beach! Thanks for the great picture.

Beachnut513 · Post by **Beachnut513** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:09 am

We'll be there in 3 weeks! Really looking forward to seeing all the sea life!! Thanx for sharing!

Lovermont · Post by **Lovermont** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:14 am

Is it wrong that I'm a little jealous? I would have loved to see this Manta Ray last time I was at Francis. But, thanks for sharing. It's the next best thing to being there.

Littlecheeze · Post by **Littlecheeze** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:34 am

Looks pretty awesome! It'd be cool if we saw one!

JJShaw · Post by **JJShaw** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:38 am

I would love to see one...Lucky You !!

lark22 · Post by **lark22** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:59 am

So beautiful!!! Thanks for posting!

(And yes, I'm jealous too

)

surfnh · Post by **surfnh** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:04 pm

Ok, we scored some awesome pics of the manta this morning, will post layer this evening after I download them. Funny story, I'll relate it later.....

VIlanders · Post by **VIlanders** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:26 pm

We were at Maho sitting on the beach on Tuesday during Presidents' week and there were 5 rays swimming back and forth just a few feet from the sandy beach. We do not snorkel anymore and were so happy and surprised to see them.

SOonthebeach · Post by **SOonthebeach** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:26 pm

Hey VIlanders- we were at Maho on Tuesday last week as well! We were in the water with the rays and turtles- saw 2-3 regular rays out closer to the middle, and it was a turtle aquarium! But no Manta that we saw. Funny we were there the same time. I think we were there 12-4 ish. It was CROWDED that day...

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