109 results for Manta Point

Manta Point, said to be one of the world’s finest dive sites, is situated just beyond the mouth of the Fundu Gap, west of Fundu Island. It is well-named, though mantas are not guaranteed. During dry season from January, to April it is possible to see Devil and Eagle rays in groups of up to 15 individuals. They visit this spectacular coral pinnacle for cleaning purposes or just to glide past…

Manta Point is a diving site with gray reefs, reef white tips, silver-tips and numerous sharks. While Penida Bay is another anchorage, and the rocky islands have an interesting forms; something like an old resting elephant. The bay is vulnerable to swell, creating-up-and-down-currents. Then, Manta Point is a limestone rock off Pandan cafe. The swell is relatively strong.There are several cleaning…

About 200 metres east of Dhiggiri resort you can reach this small reef with mantas during south west monsoon

Lankan or Manta point is one of the most exciting dive sites in Maldives. It consists on three cleaning stations (or four) for mantas. It is almost sure to find the big guys here.The most important part is to stay away of the cleaning stations (the base of the rocks). If a diver stands there, the mantas will see it as occupation of the area and will go away.Control your buoyancy, mantain good…

This dive site is on the outside of the reef close to the lighthouse at the centre of the reef. Turtles, moray eels and most types of Red Sea fish can be seen here, possibly even a reef shark, as well as the possibility of Mantas in season.

The reef does not have much in the way of Coral or fish life however this location is a Manta Ray aggregation site. The best way to find the Manta Rays is to cruise along the Eastern face of the reef until you see them at the surface. The best time is during rising tide when there sometimes can be up to 40 Manta Rays.The best is to drift dive from the northern passage all along the current and…

Manta Point is generally an easy dive site, sometimes the current gives you a fine drift. The best season to see Mantas, is from March to May, though February and June also offer good possibilities to see them. Mantas can be seen sporadically year-round. 17 Mantas have been seen here at one time.The nutrients carried into the water by runoff from land, make the mantas more active. So, the lower…

This marine protected reef on the south of Rangali Kandu starts from 2-3 meters and drops to 10 meters gradually. After 10 meters most of the reef drops vertically down to 25-30 meters.During the nort east monsoon there are very good chances to find mantas here, feeding on the plankton rich water going out of the atoll. Outside of Manta season this is still a very attractive site with a high…

Drift dive along the wall: Grey and Whitetip reef sharks, Mantas...

If you would like to experience Mantas up close and personal then this is the place. On a good day you could be surrounded by up to twenty feeding Mantas. The Mantas are attracted by the large quantities of plankton that collect in the corners of the bay and come here for their daily feed. If you're lucky you may even encounter one of the beautiful black Mantas or an inquisitive bamboo shark.

Manta Ray Drop Off, in the Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef, boastsspectacular underwater cliffs and a plunging wall that drops off to 30metres. The wall is covered with gorgonians, soft coral trees, spongesand sea whips. The Manta Ray Drop Off site is great forsnorkelling as well as diving. Best known for the soaring Manta Raysfound cruising the wall in winter (May to September), reef sharks…

Hundreds of small damselfishes make this a top island dive. For years divers have hand-fed the fish of Masts Ray Bay which include some not-so-small Maori wrasse. The terrain is diverse with scattered bommies starting at 10-12 metres and reaching up to within 2 metres of the surface. Acropora corals dominate, with large plates on the top of the bommies and fields of staghorns in the shallow waters…

Done as a ferry and bus trip to North Stradbroke Island, and dived from a small boat. This is the place to go if you missed seeing a manta at Flinders. Shallow dives to 10 metres with mantas (in the summer months) Leopard sharks and shovel-nosed rays. Very weather dependent dive site.Manta season goes from late Nov/Dec through to April. Awesome during the Manta season from late Nov/Dec through to…

Featuring a huge diversity of marine life including numerous giant mantas (up to 6m in width) which give the reef its name. North and south walls with adjacent pinnacles of rocks creating gullies at depths of 24m to 28m. The top of the reef is quite flat with beautiful soft corals & walls home large schools of yellow snapper, barracuda, bigeyes, fusiliers, hundreds of bright blue, red-tooth…

This area is marked with very large giant Trevallies, Sharks, beautiful Coral and a high diversity of other invertebrate life in relatively shallow water between 5-20m depth. Sometimes lots of Manta Rays may be seen feeding between September and January each year. The tiny rocky islands in this southern Komodo bay are great for snorkeling and diving, even if there are no Manta Rays. Only little…

Drift Dive with mantas and a nice reef in the shallows.Here manta rays come from all directions, their wing tipsbreaking the surface at regular intervals and circle around you. Theypreferto swim close to the surface, so actually snorkeling is also a goodway to interactwith them. They congregate here in large numbers and feed on planktonor arecleaned at special cleaning stations. The best time to…

This is a great night dive spot. Mantas are really fabulous (success rate is about 80%). If you miss them, typical marine life found in this area are garden eels, squirrel fish, goat fish, butterfly fish, moray eels and invertebrates.This great spot is second only to Manta Ray Village. The Sheraton hotle shines lights down into the water which attracts plankton. In search of a meal, manta rays…

Drift dive or even better snorkel between 4 and 5 pm! You'll drift down all the way to Manta Run and the boat can pick you up at Sandy Ridge. Be careful not to drift to far into the deep. Stay close to the shallow parts o the reef - there's a lot more interesting stuff to see. It's a great place to see Mantas feed. Maybe you'll see barracudas or blacktip sharks.Somewhere in that area there's a…

Mantas - MANY Mantas! Start the dive at Manta Parade and drift down all the way to Manta Run. Best time of the day: Between 4 and 5 pm. Try to drift where the water is only 10m deep when the sun is sending rays of warm yellow evening light through the surface. You'll see billions of iridescent blue fish and hopefully lots of mantas at the surface. try to do some snorkelling as well because the…

White Seabass, Barracuda. Kerlp with Calico Bass

Gradual slope with good corals.

Large plateau with walls and cracks. Shoals of tunas, barracudas and jacks, and sometime black-tip sharks.If you are lucky: Hammerhead sharks and mantas.

Great deep dive with many coral ridges and lovely light displays for your morning dive.Wonderful coral formations and striking underwater topography.

Duljo Point is the southwestern point of Panglao Island. Although normally calm, this site can be rough with strong currents. Normally, divers will make drift dive here along the edge of a sandy slope at about 10 meters to a drop off down to 40 meters. The wall is covered with sponges, colorful corals, soft corals, and large sea fans. Because of the strong current, large pelagic fishes such as…

Kelp, sand and all the fish you want

It's a very good place to meet seadragons!

This is a shallow dive site, with lots of parking. To enter the water follow the trail to the north west of the parking lot down to the beach. The wall starts almost at the surface and can be followed both to the left and right once you are in the water.

Great diving because of the strong currents here. Clear waters, good corals and an excellent variety of life. For advanced divers only.

Magic Point is a critical shark habitat area for the beautiful Grey Nurse Shark. There are many critical shark habitat areas declared in NSW waters with associated regulations to control fishing. Grey nurse sharks are not considered to be dangerous to humans. They are a passive species with teeth designed for capturing prey such as fish, squid and crustaceans. The docile grey nurse shark has been…

Vertical wall shaped like an anphiteather. The reef top is exposed to waves. You can find huge boulder corals, black corals, giant gorgonians and sponges, as well as many reef fishes. It's possible to encounter white tip sharks, giant trevallys, eagle rays and occasionally very large silver tip sharks.

Sharks may be seen in deeper water.

Great reef diving with many fish

Kelp and sank. some pelagics. Lobster

pristine coral

Probably the best dive of Layang-Layang. The visibility is outstanding... Don't miss it!

The Point is the only dive site wher you dive both the Sea of Cortes and the Pacific Ocean!The flat rock nearby is where a small colony of California sea lions live. They usually play with the divers. It's a magical dive. You also may see some turtles and huge sea bass, as well as pelagic shoals, whales and mantas.There is also a shipwrech SE of the rock (24m deep).Take care of the strong currents…

A little further south from tanjung Tokong, there is an array of boulders that create caves, swinthroughs and canyons. Close inspections is rewarded by sights of the shyer marine inhabitants lurking in the darkness.

Kelp diving with a lot of fish

Off the northern point of Dayang is Captain Point where drift diving along the soft coral walls is popular, again keeping a lookout for manta and eagle rays.

Barracuda and an occasional White Sea Bass. Garibaldi and Calico Bass

This is a brilliant spot for kelp diving! Lots of fish and the brilliant light shining through the long green hydrophytes offers lots of phantastic scenes for photographers.But the highlight is definitely the seals (and sometimes puppies) often seen there - when you're lucky! But of course: don't touch or harrass them!

This is the best place to meet sharks on Nusa Penida.

Very nice shore dive. Just take care of sea urchins and tides.

Kelp, Calico Bass, Garaboldi, Ling Cod and sheepshead

Bannerfish Point is named after the hundreds of Bannerfish that patrol this section of wall. The site is also home to many varieties of reef fish including Boxfish, Red Tooth Triggerfish, Titan Triggerfish as well as Pelagics like Trevally, Tuna and Spanish mackerel. Thresher Shark, White Tips and Devil Rays also make appearances.

Sea lions, Sheepshead, Calico bass, Horn sharks and Pelagics