Manta ray dives - Where else?

[jeraldjcook]

Besides the southern coast of Kona, where else can you do a manta ray dive like this? Any place in the Caribbean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaK-2-821U

 

[Doc]

Tobago... if you go with the right opeartor.

Mobula rays in Galoping Pogos, Ecuador.

 

[jeraldjcook]

Interesting, I've never heard of Mobula Rays. I did a quick google search and found this.

http://www.malbertphoto.com/mobulas1.html

A trip to the Sea of Cortez could be fun.

 

[Taxgeek]

Yap has lotsa Mantas.

 

[almitywife]

Yep - Yap is where to go, was there in april and hubby says we going back next July

 

[Darnold9999]

Dove with Mantas off Ocotal Costa Rica about 8 years ago. Half a dozen or so circling us in and out of 20 - 30 foot vis. Very cool dive.

 

[ApexLongimanus]

Maldives has lots of mantas. The occasional whale shark too.

 

[Guba]

We've seen mantas in the Flower Gardens (Gulf of Mexico) twice. However, those were fleeting encounters of only a few minutes each time. They were just passing through.

 

[Michael Schlink]

Indonesia-I think it's called Manta Alley?? Blows Yap away, Flower Gardens are a crap shoot with a long boat ride. Sea of Cortez 2nd choice

 

[bluefrogfish]

Besides the already suggested places like Maldives, Indonesia, etc.
For me, the best places where I have dived with mantas are the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico and Pohnpei in Micronesia.
In Revillagigedo, at "Boilers" dive site the mantas are huge and the water very clear.
In Pohnpei, at "Manta Road" you can find them both in cleaning stations and feeding.