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Manta Rays at Maho Bay
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:38 pm
by Dan
When I heard reports that people were seeing a manta ray at Maho I was very skeptical. Sting rays, eagle rays, but manta rays?
That is until we went snorkeling there last week and saw two! I was only able to get two photos. They were pretty fast.
Here is a link to my blog with the pictures.
http://sunshinelobster.blogspot.com
enjoy
~dan
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:41 pm
by loria
WOW! that is VERY cool!!!!
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:39 pm
by Exit Zero
I stand corrected and in retro disbelief -- in over 30+ years of living,sailing and snorkeling here I have never seen a real Manta Ray - my sincerest Congrats on what is truly a rare and wonderful sighting and photo.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:56 am
by 2muchsnow
Awesome, we hadn't been hallucinating!
Manta Rays at Maho
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:41 pm
by Rachelle & Joe
Wow What a Rare Treat ! let me add your Blog of all photo's is Fantastic to view ! Beautiful pics of Rome! Thanks for sharing ~Happy Holdays~
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:31 pm
by Gretchen3
I always imagine manta rays to be pretty large. Was this one pretty large, or still pretty young? In comparison to the sting rays we commonly see near St. John how did the two you saw compare?
I'm so happy you were able to photograph it, cool.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:42 pm
by 2muchsnow
The single one we saw the first part of November was 6-8 feet across. Sounds like the couple Dan just saw might have been bigger. Possible they are same ones? I know they get bigger, 20 plus feet. Maybe juveniles?
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:32 pm
by mnfun2bme
What an amazing sight that must have been. Congrats! Rachelle... loved your photos from St. John last May. Stunning!
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:59 pm
by Dan
Seeing the manta ray underwater they appeared to be about 6 to 10 feet from wing tip to wing tip. It's hard to tell underwater and they were movin pretty fast.
It was about 10 days ago at Maho when we saw them.
Pictures are on my blog.
http://sunshinelobster.blogspot.com
enjoy.
~dan
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:06 pm
by ScubaGirl
WOW, that's something I've never seen......very cool!!!
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:53 pm
by Barb Y
How incredibly cool! Thanks for sharing!
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:35 pm
by Teresa_Rae
There aren't words to describe how jealous I am! What a blessing to see something like that!
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:08 pm
by Dan
Hi Teresa,
There aren't words to describe how jealous I am! What a blessing to see something like that!
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It was amazing. I had read some posts on here regarding people seeing the manta prior to my trip so when I went to Maho I was on the lookout for just such a sighting to confirm that they really did visit these waters. I was very fortunate for sure..
~dan
Http://sunshinelobster.blogspot.com