Do You Like Eagle Rays?

[Satrekker]

I love eagle rays, and I'm lucky because I've got a local dive site that has more than I've ever seen anywhere. A few weeks ago, me and a buddy were diving out of Clearwater, FL on a local artificial reef and saw over 2 dozen eagle rays, and they swam around us for more than 45 minutes. It was so ridiculous that we just looked at each other halfway through the dive and just laughed and shrugged our shoulders.

It got a little ridiculous when they decided to do flybys a foot or two beneath us at 15" during our safety stop. LOL

 

[АлександрД]

I do like Eaglerays. Never seen so close...

it is only one my photo of it, made due OWD-AOWD course , many years ago. Never taken so good photo of them later...

 

[MrBigfins]

My first encounter was in less than 5' of water near Puerto adventuras, was snorkeling and one swooped over me as I was on bottom checking out a starfish. My son grabbed my fin and I looked up as it soared over me. Was really cool

 

[bmorescuba]

We had some pretty close flybys in Cayman Brac this past spring, but nowhere near as close as at Kona.

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

@bmorescuba AWESOME video! Have snorkeled Two-Step multiple times, one of my favorite places in the world, and have seen this or a similar Eagle there while snorkeling, but have never ever had one come so close and be so friendly! Well done. Love love love the Big Island.

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

This is the one I saw at Two-Step.

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

And this is one I saw in January in Coz; it was swimming into the current away from me at a good clip:

 

[Soloist]

Nice video @bmorescuba. It’s cool both of you had cameras to capture the moment. You owe your wife a bit of gratitude...

We have been very fortunate to have encountered a lot of eagle rays over the years, but they are still one of my favorite sightings. Last year I stumbled upon three juveniles during a solo dive in Bonaire. They allowed me to swim beside them for an unforgettable ten minutes.

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

@Soloist : OK THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS! How cool, what an awesome thing. Well done.