By Peter Sinclaire (BonaireTalker - Post #25) on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 6:13 pm: |
As I mentioned in my trip report we have been astonished by the sudden appearance of a big manta ray while cruising from Sand Dollar to Eden Beach on Friday, May 27th. We were in mid waters, at around 8 to 12m depth, far away from the bottom that was below 25m there, when the manta appeared and started circling around my dive buddy, Miguel Lopatin, who managed to take some pictures of it. He was using slide film and the images have been scanned. I was too far to take pictures on my own, but could enjoy the view of the manta for a few seconds. Here are 3 of the images....
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By Scott Phillips (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #154) on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 9:20 pm: |
Wow! That is one lucky, rare sighting! Can you give an estimate of how big the manta was?
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By Peter Sinclaire (BonaireTalker - Post #26) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 2:39 am: |
well, that is a difficult question... to me, that I saw it from a distance, it looked big, perhaps up to 1.5m to 2m wing span. But... in the water, without the reference of a diver or the reef, it is very subjective.
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By David Stewart (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #468) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 7:38 am: |
Thats lucky Peter, we arrived at Eden Beach the next day and it was all the talk.
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By Theo (BonaireTalker - Post #52) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 8:03 am: |
December 2001 I was just snorkling at Windsock Steep, when suddenly a couple of manta's arrived; one adult an her youngster!!
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1472) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 9:59 am: |
Lucky!!! Still waiting to see one of those great big giants of the sea! Thanks for sharing the picture!
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By T-Shirt Divers John and Sue (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #220) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 3:19 pm: |
Very nice!
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