Amanda Ray was identified on October 22, 2012, at Manta Village by Amanda Pettit. She was approximately 4 feet wide but has grown to 8 feet since then.
She is seen quite frequently. Even though Amanda is young, she was running for 1st place manta in our 2013 annual sighting statistics. She feeds almost every night at the Sheraton Keauhou. She is not shy and loves to be where the food is!
The person who identified Amanda Ray was called Amanda!
We also love the play on words – “Amanda Ray the Manta Ray”.
Amanda Ray
Amanda Ray
Amanda Ray
Amanda Ray has a bent right wing tip, which is an injury from fishing line.
Amanda Ray
Amanda Ray
Amanda Ray
WINGSPAN 7-9 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 5-6 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 5-6 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 12-14 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 5-6 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 6-8 feet
GENDER Male
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 10-11 feet
GENDER Female
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
WINGSPAN 6-8 feet
GENDER Male
SPECIES Mobula Alfredi (reef)
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Saw Amanda Ray tonight (5/31/23) at Manta Village! Comes right up and says hello again and again! Very hungry girl and not shy at all! So cool to see her.
We saw Amanda last night and she was awesome. She loved getting as close to the board as possible and stuck around for 45 minutes. So glad we got to see her.
Wonderful news. Amanda Ray loves close-ups for sure 😎🎉😊
We got to swim with Amanda for around 40 minutes in Kona on 5/13/2024 and she was so sweet and curious!!
Fantastic News 😀🤩