Kyrill
Maldives
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Nº112
Date: 2013-12-12 - 15:30
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Max Depth: 15m Duration: 36mins
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- Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
- Dive type : Night dive, Photo, Liveaboard
- Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- BCD: Cressi Sub - Aquapro 5R
- Wet suit: Ralf Tech - 3mm Full Body
- Computer: Suunto - D6
- Boots: Mares - Size 8
- Fins: Scubapro - Twin Speed
- Light: Ikelite - PCa
- Camera: Sony - RX-100
- Gloves: Ralf Tech -
- Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Ultraclear
- Regulator: Mares - Proton Metal
- Knife: Cressi Sub - Killer
- Weights: 3 kg
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Dive with Russ from Mv Orion
Dive buddies:
Silje Scheen
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Dive Profile
- 1. Nitrox 23
- 15L Steel 140 → 40 bar
- Average depth: 10m
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Species Identified
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) (Giant manta)
Manta rays are generally solitary, although loose aggregations of individuals may occur where there are abundant food sources or during the breeding season. When ready to mate, a male will bite his mate's pectoral fin to p...
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Honeymoon Liveaboard 2013 - MV Orion - Dive #12
Manta feeding - North Ari Atoll, Maldives
MaaantaA frenzy!!!
What an amazing dive!! They propped up a couple of flood lights at the back of the Orion so that it would attract first a lot of plantons, and then Manta Rays who will feed on the plantons. This doesn't always work, but tonight we were super lucky. There were 3-5 Manga Rays feeding and bathing in the lights. We quickly put on our gear and quitly slid down into the water and onto the sandh bottom at around 15 meters depth.
There we positioned ourselves in a half circle and propped our torches in a 45° Angle towards the Mantas. They would then dive head on into the light beams, do an impressive backflip and then do it all over again - sometimes up to 3-4 times seemlessly in a row. An amazing sight! I've never experienced anything like it! Silje filmed q. ite alot with the GoPro, but I didn't get any good photos. We weren't alowed to use any strobes and the visibility was very limited. After the dive I slid into the water again with a snorkel and hung around the big floodlights on the surface. The Mantas would sometime come up to the surface and perform the same acrobatic backflip movement, where I would sei e the moment and get some amazing photos!
I was in the water untill Russ the Divemaster told me to come up and it something before everyone else had finished the food :-)
An epic dive!