Giant Manta on the Wing

So thrilled that this image was invited to feature in the Australian Marine Conservation Society's 2019 "Amazing Oceans" Calendar. Such an honour!

And an accompanying short write-up too ...

"Giant mantas have charismatic personalities and this one was particularly inquisitive. It circled around me a few times, moving ever closer. Then, like a spaceship, it almost landed on top of me. Mantas appear to enjoy hovering over a diver's exhaled bubble stream. It's thought they use the jacuzzi effect to dislodge marine parasites from their skin."

Location: San Benedicto, Revillagigedo Islands, Pacific Ocean

Photographer: Laura Storm

Giant Manta on the Wing

So thrilled that this image was invited to feature in the Australian Marine Conservation Society's 2019 "Amazing Oceans" Calendar. Such an honour!

And an accompanying short write-up too ...

"Giant mantas have charismatic personalities and this one was particularly inquisitive. It circled around me a few times, moving ever closer. Then, like a spaceship, it almost landed on top of me. Mantas appear to enjoy hovering over a diver's exhaled bubble stream. It's thought they use the jacuzzi effect to dislodge marine parasites from their skin."

Location: San Benedicto, Revillagigedo Islands, Pacific Ocean

Photographer: Laura Storm