Manta Point

We woke up early. The boat towards Manta Point left at 8:30, so we had to hurry. We had our breakfast and quickly went to Blue Corner Dive.

It was definetely too early for Jerneja.

We assembled our gear and eagerly waited for our giude to give us a sign to leave. What happened on this particular day is hard to describe with words. They promised us to see a lot mantas, because this location is full of plancton and they come in schools to feed through the whole year. We have only see manta ray once before on the Similan Islands and we were very lucky, so we were not sure, if this encounter is actually going to happen. But we were hoping....

The jeep picked us up and we were on the road again. Eventually we came to the boat and we were heading to our diving destination. This boat was a lot smaller that what we are used to. It had no toilet, no kitchen, well... just a covered deck, where we had our gear. We were wondering, how are they going to prepared our lunch in there??

Since the boat was so small, we had to put on the dive suits before.

Always happy crew.

The gear is assembled and ready to dive in.

Ready, set, go! We were in the water on the way to see mantas. The currents were very strong and we also got caught in the surge. But the currents bring plancton and plancton attracts mantas. It was totally worth the fight with the currents, because the view was spectacular. We saw everything, that they promised and more.

We also saw this beautiful turtle...

...and some very photogenic stingrays.

Delicious and versatile lunch for a hungry diver after fighting all those currents. :-)

Best regards,

Jerneja & Boris