A memorable 45 minutes with 30+ of these lovely rays.

Reef Manta Ray

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Komodo National Park,

Flores - Indonesia

reef manta ray

Lisbon, Portugal - 07 March 2020 : Kid in awe at Lisbon Oceanarium

Perhaps one of the most memorable encounters of my 35 years / 6000 dives in the oceans around the world. We spent two hour-long dives surrounded by up to 6 mantas that never left us. No dive group, dive boat, or flailing divers around. Only a couple "like minded" divers in the water for portions of the dive. No one stirring up the bottom, chasing mantas, or blowing bubbles. This dive made up our minds about returning to Kona next year for a repeat!

Come on by, down to the sea, and swim your way to the Enchantment Event!

Be mesmerized by the graceful swim of this WEAR or REZ companion Manta Ray!

WEAR & use 3D Swim Controls. Rez for decor & use Guest Rider Feature.

So many great designers and so much to see folks!

Teleport Here:

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An out cropping in the desert resembles a Manta Ray. Bisti Wilderness Area, NM

reef manta ray

Some of the 50 or so we saw in Hanifuru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives last week

A combination of a manta ray below me and sunlight above me through a cloudy sea produced this image which I quite like!

At the Boiler

The Misool Manta Project has a "Facebook for mantas" that identified this female as RAMA-0609 based on the pattern of spots on her belly. She'd been previously spotted in 2014 and 2019.

She could glide through the space-time continuum.

Big Bertha is in heat and the smaller males are following her around.

Double whammy for my little Manta Ray moc as it has been chosen as todays (Fri 27th May 2022) model of the day by Beyond The Brick TV. I’m really proud of this moc so it’s fantastic that it seems to have gone down well in the community.

Another one for my media scrapbook album.

It was an epic manta encounter!

Manta Point

Nusa Penida,

Bali - Indonesia

Palau

reef manta ray

Maldivas 2016

A magical experience snorkelling with these giants.

Reef Manta Ray (Mobula alfredi)

Komodo National Park,

Flores - Indonesia

So, it's that night when you go on a manta night dive from shore with friends and the strobes inform you that they are taking the night off. Let's see what I can do with reflected light. Starring Queenie Ray with Jana Ray in stealth mode.

She was the cold and the dark that filled the fountains of the deep...

An entry for BZPower's Bionicle-based contest 77, the goal of which was to make a MOC based on Bionicle concept art. This illustration from The Art of Bionicle served as inspiration.

More photos in the album.

Cleaning station

reef manta ray

Definitely one of the highlights of our Hawaii trip was snorkeling with the Manta Rays in Kona. These rays near shoer can get up to 15 feet across and 3000 pounds. They are filter feeders and have no stinger so are harmless. Definitely a bucket list experience.

reef manta ray

reef manta ray

Hamburg, Vorplatz der Deichtorhallen, Hamburger Eis-Zauber 2011, Manta-Rochen v. Aaron Costic

I have not been able to identify this manta yet as I didn't get a good bottom shot, but the spots I see don't seem to have any matches, so........for now I dub thee "Akule Ray"

Manta Point

Nusa Penida,

Bali - Indonesia

Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus Manta. The larger species, M. birostris, reaches 7 m (23 ft 0 in) in width while the smaller, M. alfredi, reaches 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in). Both have triangular pectoral fins, horn-shaped cephalic fins and large, forward-facing mouths. They are classified among the Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) and are placed in the family Myliobatidae (eagle rays).