Mantas have arrived and we are very excited about it! Because lets be honest, mantas are awesome!
How to approach Manta correctly? 

Divers love to catch a glimpse of Manta rays gliding in the blue...
Not only it is respectful of the animals but when divers follow good behavior guidelines, encounters usually last longer. Manta rays are actually quite curious creature and stick around divers for long period of time.
Mantas are wild, sensitive creatures, follow these guidelines to dive with Manta in an ethical manner:
- don't splash the water while entering it and use your fins below the water.
- approach manta from where they can see you (their side) and no less than 3 meters from them.
- do not chase & do not touch!

Why this name Manta?

The name "manta" is Portuguese and Spanish for mantle (cloak or blanket), a type of blanket-shaped trap traditionally used to catch rays. Mantas are known as "devil fish" because of their horn-shaped cephalic fins, which are imagined to give them an "evil" appearance.
​But it should not be associated with this diabolical appearance because the Manta is peaceful, curious, sensitive and so majestic!

Tired of seeing them through your screen? Come join one of our next cruises! Its perfect time for Manta sighting! We saw 4 on the last trip...

One of the most common injuries while diving is a painful Middle Ear barotrauma, I’m sure you all felt a squeeze in your ears, even when only snorkeling and trying to go a few centimeters below the surface without equalizing, while diving, your ear are subject to the pressure around you and this squeeze can become very painful and cause serious permanent damage to your ear.

As you might know, pressure increase when going deeper below the surface. Your middle ear is a dead air space, connected to the back of your throat by the normally closed Eustachian canals, if you fail to fill up this space with air when the pressure around you increases (this is called equalizing) this is what’s happening: