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Old 02-09-2018, 11:38 AM   #56
Tyson Brown
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Re: HeadHunter Video

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Tyson, we usually see a half dozen or less in a normal year. Usually when the waters cooler but not always. Off of Hudson I've never seen one East of the MG but off Sarasota or farther south, I've seen them shallower.
Awesome! We got to dive a reef on the other side of the globe during our honeymoon where the mantas came every day to get cleaned, and we saw I think 5 or 6 in one dive, about 70'. Unbeknownst to me at the time, my wife thought they were like sharks and was medium-afraid of being eaten.



The divemasters told us hug to the reef when they would come up, and the mantas would swoop right over you. Basically brushing you with their wings.

Over in Pompano Beach, one time in high school my family stayed there I think in June, and mantas would swim along shore, maybe 10 yards out, on a regular basis. Fast boogers when they want to be - I managed to touch the tip of one's tail.
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