Alucard
Contributor
Talking with local boat owners I can confirm that the dive site hasn't really returned to activity since COVID when they weren't being fed. I don't know which dive ops are still doing trips out there.
When it comes to the sandbar (which isn't really a "snorkel site" - you are only in 3 feet of water and most people stand on the sand), there is a lot of mauling of the rays that I have witnessed and I find it really terrible.
One of the ops that expressly don't do this is Stingray Sailing that offers trips on their catamaran, includes a snorkel site and most definitely treat the animals with respect. There is no posing for photos (that they sell you later) or "stingray kisses" or whatever on earth they call it when they put the ray on your back... ugh. The rays stick around even after the food is gone, while other ops have to send their employees out to "catch" rays to bring back...
When it comes to the sandbar (which isn't really a "snorkel site" - you are only in 3 feet of water and most people stand on the sand), there is a lot of mauling of the rays that I have witnessed and I find it really terrible.
One of the ops that expressly don't do this is Stingray Sailing that offers trips on their catamaran, includes a snorkel site and most definitely treat the animals with respect. There is no posing for photos (that they sell you later) or "stingray kisses" or whatever on earth they call it when they put the ray on your back... ugh. The rays stick around even after the food is gone, while other ops have to send their employees out to "catch" rays to bring back...
