[Red Badger]

I've seen these rays do these things, they are awesome!...................

[equaviator]

Satellite Beach is great!

[subterfuge]

That’s 12 feet wide if it’s an inch

[gw-ington]

Large manta ray photobombs surfer at Florida beach

That's not a manta ray ... that's Batman!

[time4good]

“I’m BATMAN!”

[VeniVidiVici]

I caught a small one once. Maybe two-feet?

Took me an hour to bring it in. I had no idea what it was. Brought him up and let him go.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Love at First Bite (1979) - chicken.mpg

[precisionshootist]

Photobombed?

by a Manta Ray?

So whatever photobombed means I take it the Manta Ray knows about it.

[monkeyshine]

What’s the difference between a stingray and a manta ray?

[Joe Boucher]

I saw about 40 of them off the Saint Lucie FPL Nuclear Plant while fishing about three miles off shore there.
I think they were mating.
Coming out of the sea right side up as well as upside down.
10 or 12 feet wide.
Massive.

[Afterguard]

Back in the day when I was heavily into sailboat racing up and down the FL.Atlantic Coast we would see these things on a relatively regular basis. They can easily clear probably 5 or more feet and make a hell of a splat when they land. Never got any pics though. Always busy with sailing the boat.

[suthener]

Saw one hooked on the (now blown away) Mexico Beach pier. The fight lasted about 2 minutes before the humongous manta ray broke the line. He got on top of the water just like in the picture. It was very impressive. Just a note, it was hooked closer to the beach end of the pier in relatively shallow water.

[discostu]

I think I’ve seen this in a Roger Corman movie.

[Chasaway]

"The Sea Devil", by Arthur Gordon

The Sea Devil

Fun little short story that scared the crap out of me when I was young.

[moovova]

Racists!

That should be womanta ray.

[Seruzawa]

Mantas are so cool. They look like they are from outer space.

[moovova]

Womanta Ray to Manta Ray...

“Dear, does this new barbed tail make my butt look big?”

“No, of course not darling. Actually makes it look shrimpy.”

“Oh hon...you’re so sweet.”

[SuperLuminal]

Story is without the details on the board the manta was using...

[Ektelon]

While parasailing at St. Pete Beach years ago I saw a huge manta ray very close to shore - glided by maybe 25 feet from some people playing in the water, who had no idea it was there. Was very cool to see one!

[GOP Poet]

So Cool!!!!!!

[Aussiebabe]

One of our best holidays ever was a trip to Ningaloo Reef on the west of Australia. Most Americans (as well as most Aussies) are not that familiar with this reef, the world's longest fringe reef (260 kilometers long). Unlike the Great Barrier Reef, it is close to the shore. We went and snorkeled along with the whale sharks and manta rays. It is a fantastic trip.