Giant Manta Point
Dive site
Giant Manta Point is a deeper offshore pinnacle rising from 35 metres to a crest at 18 metres, where oceanic mantas use the structure as a cleaning station. Cleaner wrasse set up on the pinnacle's upper flanks, drawing mantas in close for extended hover-and-clean sequences that allow divers to observe from a stationary kneeling position on the sandy base. The aggregations here skew toward larger individuals with wingspans exceeding 5 metres. A secondary plateau at 25 metres hosts hunting potato groupers and schools of fusiliers that hover in the current. This site is most productive from October through April when manta numbers peak with zooplankton density.
Conditions
Depth
18 to 38 m
Advanced depths
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
15 to 25 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
22 to 28°C
5mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Vis (m) | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Current | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Gentle | Gentle | calm | calm | Gentle | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
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