bad manta, great time playing!

[Azotomix]

Great photo and angle.
Having mantas flying around you is one of the best experience a diver can have.
Your experience just remember me the one I had in Thailand last April. So great swimming along Manta. 5 of them even more

 

[Mike Veitch]

Its funny, i had one almost break the port of my video camera once, wing comes up and BAM! Quite audible on the video and you hear me going "sfdhsadflsjsdfljg!!!!" as the video jerks out of control. I entitled it "Smash"

I know what you mean about the mouth wide open photo, they are always cleaning when i see them. Playing with mantas rocks! I have the best job, paid to do photo/video of mantas!!!

When you get that remote worked out send me a copy if you could...

 

[ssra30]

Didn't you know that being touched by a manta brings 7 years good luck?

How about sea urchins and jellyfish? I have been touched many times by those! Never been touched by manta but one pooped on me as it swam past me overhead. Does that count? :06:

 

[Mike Veitch]

Never been touched by manta but one pooped on me as it swam past me overhead. Does that count? :06:

Actually thats not bad, most people just get pooped on by their boss...way to take things to a literal level!

 

[dbeedle]

Great photo and angle.
Having mantas flying around you is one of the best experience a diver can have.
Your experience just remember me the one I had in Thailand last April. So great swimming along Manta. 5 of them even more

You bet, one of the best dives ever. Had a school of 6 or 8 in Bora Bora. Ours was the only group to encounter them and I had to show the shots to the non believers!
Wound up taking about 100 shots before the computer and air said it was time to go...really needed gills on that one!

Heres some of the shots: Manta Dances

 

[Scuba65]

Awesome shot! i'm so jeoulous of you!