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tiggymalvern) wrote2023-02-19 05:07 pm
tiggymalvern) wrote2023-02-19 05:07 pm
Mantas with a hint of shark
Roca Partida, 'Split Rock.' Literally a rock in the Pacific, 70 miles from the nearest land. Precipitous walls dropping away into the blue and visibility to die for. It blew my mind. There was too much footage here for one video for the day, so this is the first part.
For the morning dives, we dropped into the current-free lee of the rock and hung out with the mantas. This was our first meeting with a melanistic manta - they still have some white on the belly, but from above, they're the stealth bombers of the ocean. At the edge of the rock where it meets the current, there's a shark cleaning station. There were quite a lot of sharks around, but you got the feeling there were a lot more just out of sight.
https://youtu.be/OghrpPiBFtk
Spoiler for the next video - there were a LOT more sharks....
For the morning dives, we dropped into the current-free lee of the rock and hung out with the mantas. This was our first meeting with a melanistic manta - they still have some white on the belly, but from above, they're the stealth bombers of the ocean. At the edge of the rock where it meets the current, there's a shark cleaning station. There were quite a lot of sharks around, but you got the feeling there were a lot more just out of sight.
https://youtu.be/OghrpPiBFtk
Spoiler for the next video - there were a LOT more sharks....