A few shots from several early morning snorkeling last week.
The resting ray was about 3' wide and 6' long.
The swimming ray was larger. I est about 5' wide. Photo was taken from a video and he's a much faster swimmer than me so I feel lucky to have any video.
Graceful creatures gliding through the sea.
Ya Mon!
Thanks for those photos.
I'm jealous!
Sweet pictures!!
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Great shots! What were all those sergeant majors gathering around?
Had to be feeding them, no way they stay that close otherwise. Hopefully it wasn't bread, or cheez whiz, or any of the other crap that people take to feed the fish. Should only feed them cooked white rice, coconut, banana, or fish food... if you must feed them. We are snorkel/freedive fanatics, and have never once fed fish in the ocean. It isn't good for them, and we want to see them in a natural state. Wish everyone felt the same.Originally Posted by Odinson
wow great pics!
We are staying at the Samsara and Royalton the second week of April. I have read that Samsara has decent snorkeling off the cliffs, hopefully we see stuff like that!
You'll see plenty of that around Samsara, and more. It's not what I'd call "great" snorkeling, but certainly decent. It's just been heavily over-fished for a long time (all of JA).
The boat captain was tossing something into the water to attract them. Not sure what it was. Hopefully not bread, etc.
We've only snorkeled in Negril at the reef towards Booby Cay, Orange Bay and Half Moon Bay prior to Calico Jacks being built. We typically see something unique to us.
Negril is decent for sure. But once you snorkel/dive a healthy reef system it's hard to call Negril "great" in that regard. That said, we still enjoy it.
Fabulous photos. Thank you. I wish my camera was waterproof.
Irie Sue
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