{"id":326,"date":"2020-07-29T04:23:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T04:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/?p=326"},"modified":"2020-09-18T07:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:06:41","slug":"a-large-manta-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/2020\/07\/29\/a-large-manta-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"A large Manta Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GPS: 20 03.072s 148 56.947e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run: 13.1nm (23.7km)
Avg: 262knts
24hr: 6288nm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luncheon Bay is a nice bay sheltered from the SE winds. After a nice night we woke to having large fish swimming around the boat so we had to swim with them! We then noticed a large manta ray swimming back and forth across the bay so Julien had to go take a closer look and swam with it for a short time.

After lunch we hopped in the dinghy and went around to the next bay (Manta Ray Bay) and snorkelled with large Maori Wrasse, tuna, parrot fish, Pinnate Batfish and many, many more that were used to humans and came right up close enough to touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n