Love Eagle Rays

[MMM]

Hello handsome

 

[bmorescuba]

Awesome shot!

 

[Basscat]

Met this one without a tail just before Christmas on Columbia...

They are so beautiful.

 

[Dan]

I saw its cousin in Wolf Island, Galapagos on December 31st, 2016, below.

 

[MMM]

Awesome shot!

I seem to have good luck with them coming up very close to me if I just hang in the current and let them come.

 

[Dan]

I got about 3' (1m) away from one of them hovering in a current in Wolf island, Galápagos. I had my BCD on a leash that was hooked on a rock, so I was hovering in the current next to it. Took a few minutes of GoPro video what I thought was a pretty good video of it, until I came back to the boat & found out that my mini SD card was corrupted, which resulted in no video.

 

[JFS]

Still haven't seen large groups yet +30 , have seen 16 at once a few weeks back.

 

[ggunn]

I got about 3' (1m) away from one of them hovering in a current in Wolf island, Galápagos. I had my BCD on a leash that was hooked on a rock, so I was hovering in the current next to it. Took a few minutes of GoPro video what I thought was a pretty good video of it, until I came back to the boat & found out that my mini SD card was corrupted, which resulted in no video.

I had one come by so close that its wingtip passed about a foot in front of my nose. No camera, of course.

 

[deepsea21]

 

[gopbroek]

Just leaving the island after a weekend trip. In 6 dives I was lucky enough to see Eagle Rays on every dive except last night at Paridise. Yesterday afternoon at the Gardens saw around a dozen, it was very nice no one was charging at them with GoPro's and they would just drift by as gentle giant's