You have all seen my manta pics......

[Mike Veitch]

Now how about some video!!

Yap is highly under rated when it comes to the summer season. Jan-April is the hi season with all the mating action at Miil Channel


But, the summer season sees the mantas at Goofnuw Channel with a much shallower cleaning station located closer to the mouth of the pass.. therefore the water is usually much clearer (but with stronger currents). So being shallow we enjoy longer dives, 90mins is not out of the ordinary... and quite often 5 or 6 mantas are fighting over the cleaning station... well, not really fighting....

here is a 4.5 min WMV clip from one dive just the other day...

Its shot with my Sony Z1 Hi Def camera in the Amphibico Phenom housing...

Enjoy!!! and please comment if you see fit either good or bad...

http://www.pcwags.com/HDV/Summertime.wmv

 

[Floridawannabe]

Awsome Video, makes me wish I was there

One of these days, kids gone and win lotto.

 

[kapula]

Trying to regain my ability to make words.. that video just blew me away! Excellent footage and makes me really wanna dive there one day. Need to pay even more attention to those stock quotes

 

[jonix]

awesome!

they ain't robots right?

 

[_Bella_]

awesome!

they ain't robots right?

puppets on a string

Great video, Cor thinks so too.

 

[Mike Veitch]

wow! you guys all have fast internet!!

thanks for watchin... took me almost 3 hours to upload it! hahah

Bella... you know Cor?! hahahaha i amuse myself if no one else....

 

[victor]

Lost for words, so beautiful, I have to put that on my must see list, never seen a manta in the open yet.
The current does not look to strong. It's hard to tell from the bubbles.
One day not to long from now I will be there.

 

[_Bella_]

hahahaha i amuse myself if no one else....

That's what happens when you kaikai buai, er ... beetlenut in yapese. :14:

 

[Zeeman]

took me 4 minutes to download it

AWESOME

Great stuff Mike!

Z..

 

[Mike Veitch]

Lost for words, so beautiful, I have to put that on my must see list, never seen a manta in the open yet.
The current does not look to strong. It's hard to tell from the bubbles.
One day not to long from now I will be there.

ah yes, no current on that dive Victor... absolutely perfect conditions...

Z.. 4 mins eh? :e18:

Bella... bacardi, not betelnut, i like my teeth!