by Martina Wing | Oct 27, 2025 | Swimming with Manta Rays
When we tell potential participants they need to be confident swimmers with recent ocean snorkeling experience, we’re not trying to exclude anyone; we’re ensuring that everyone has the best and safest possible experience swimming with manta rays at night....
by Martina Wing | Oct 13, 2025 | About Manta Rays
Although they may look similar to the untrained eye, manta rays and stingrays live completely different lives. One spends its days gliding through the open ocean, feeding on clouds of plankton, while the other lies low on the seafloor, hunting small prey and relying...
by Martina Wing | Sep 29, 2025 | About Manta Rays, Citizen Science Projects
Unlike land mammals or coastal species that tend to stick to familiar areas, manta rays are hard to track. Pelagic/oceanic manta rays, the largest manta ray species, travel long distances across the open ocean; reef manta rays and the newly identified Atlantic mantas...
by Martina Wing | Sep 15, 2025 | About Manta Rays
People often confuse manta rays with other species that are easier to spot in the ocean, such as stingrays or eagle rays. But mantas are a unique type of ray. They’re the largest in the ocean, and their body structure has special features that help them survive and...
by Martina Wing | Sep 1, 2025 | Swimming with Manta Rays
Most visitors to Hawaii imagine our waters as always calm and crystal clear, perfect for swimming and other beachside recreation. And most of the year, that is true; Hawaii is as close to paradise as it gets! But ocean conditions change dramatically during...
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