Wednesday, August 11, 2010

11 Aug - Manta Pass

Scott took Tuesday as a days leave and made the most of it by heading out in the boat with Nic. Unfortunately it has rained a lot lately and the water was a little murky so the photos haven't turned out as great as they could have. It was low tide just after we left which happens to be the best time to view the islands manta rays at Manta Pass.

We were in Manta Pass for about an hour and easily saw at least 50 of these magnificent creatures.

They come into the pass to feed, hoovering up all the plankton at the end of the run-out tide.




The current was a little strong so swimming didn't prove to be the best option to get close to them.

A black manta. The first time we had seen one. Fantastic. We saw about four during the session.




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