Manta Rays at Maho Bay

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Dan
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Manta Rays at Maho Bay

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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

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~dan
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loria
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Post by loria »

WOW! that is VERY cool!!!!
< leaving on the 22nd of march...but too lame to figure out the ticker thing again!>
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Exit Zero
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Post 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.
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2muchsnow
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Post by 2muchsnow »

Awesome, we hadn't been hallucinating!
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Rachelle & Joe
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Manta Rays at Maho

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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~
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Post 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.
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2muchsnow
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Post 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?
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Post by mnfun2bme »

What an amazing sight that must have been. Congrats! Rachelle... loved your photos from St. John last May. Stunning!
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Dan
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Post 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
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ScubaGirl
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WOW, that's something I've never seen......very cool!!!
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Barb Y
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How incredibly cool! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Teresa_Rae »

There aren't words to describe how jealous I am! What a blessing to see something like that!
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Dan
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Post 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
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