In addition to the possibility of big shark encounters schools of
mobula rays and manta rays are frequently seen throughtout the archipelago.
Schools
of mobula rays (devil rays), turtles, and white tip reef sharks can be seen on many dives.
Consequently the seasonable sighting of schooling hammerhead sharks as well as
schooling mobula rays is regular.
There is a strong chance of
seeing mobula rays cruising past, sometimes alone, sometimes in small schools.
Encounter large and small whale species,
jumping Mobula Rays, turtles, and sea lion colonies.
Meaning here the encounters with pelagic, such as hammerhead sharks, schooling barracuda and tuna, as well
as mobula - and eagle rays are quite regular.
The sometimes violent currents can not guarantee the best visibility, but there is a big chance to see large fish such as manta rays, sharks and
even mobulas.
Day 9 - Dora's Pinnacle in the morning, Los Islotes in the afternoon, Ensenada Grande and
Mobula night dive
Named The Passage, this dive site is a current highway with plankton rich water which means mantas can be seen feeding here along
with mobula rays as well as tuna and jacks.
Sometimes you see the oceanic, sometimes you see
smaller mobula rays but there's usually something there, it's great.
This summer, Fankhauser and
Mobula provided medical care to American healthcare workers infected with Ebola.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported more than 14,000 cases of Ebola, as well as 5,100 deaths in West Africa, including more than 400 cases among healthcare workers,
Mobula said.
It was organized by the Fellows» Global Health Affinity Group, led by
Linda Mobula and Anjali Shastri, who are currently Fellows at the U.S. Agency for International Development and in the State Department, respectively.
In March 2017, recreational fisherman Scott Tindale of the International Game Fish Association in Albany saw a heavily pregnant female giant devil ray (
Mobula mobular) being pursued by four males.
Heavy current attracts several pelagic species in addition to the hammerheads,
including mobula rays, manta rays and the occasional whale shark.
Third dive we chose a dive site call Grouper Net, amazing dive with 10
mobulas hunting along the wall, 1 sail fish with about 3 meters and a lot more.
The occasional school of
mobula manta rays can be found gliding by here as well.
Once or twice a year, we offer this very unique itinerary where we will be at the right place at the right time to see blue whales, bull sharks, and
flying Mobula rays.
Encounter large and small whale species, whale sharks,
jumping mobula rays, and sea lion colonies.
Apart from these also schooling
Mobula Rays and fantastic reefs.
Here and then we
see mobula rays in large dense schools.
Great dives with school of hammerheads, white - tips, silver tips and
even mobulas.
The mantas are there all year round and sometimes divers see the oceanic, and other times they see
smaller mobula rays.
This week in Belongas South Lombok we have been especially lucky with Hammerheads, Barracuda, Tuna, White tip reef sharks, eagle rays, Banded sea snakes and hundreds
of Mobula rays.
Gili Sarang is the dive site where you can find
schooling mobula and eagle rays.
Encounter great and small whale species, whale sharks, manta and jumping
mobula rays, and sea lion colonies.
«We think this was a rather large cartilaginous fish, possibly related to living filter - feeding rays such as Manta and
Mobula,» Maisey said.
Are you an experienced diver that is looking for drifts, BIG fish encounters including hammerheads,
mobula rays, white tip reef sharks, napoleon wrasse, barracudas, trevally and more?
Gili Sarang has a short span in which
the Mobula rays hang around, but when they do they come in great packs.
We have been seeing hammerheads,
mobula rays, white tip reef sharks, barracuda, devil rays, trevally, tuna and more and more schools of squid mainly at the dive site «Gili Sarang».
Having full boats all week with divers from the Gili Islands, U.K, France and Malaysia who all come from for Hammerheads and
Mobula Rays were over the moon to run into the Manta.
This week in Belongas... we have an outstanding amount of Redtooth trigger fish, sea cobras, nudibranchs, white tip reef sharks and eagle rays but this week its been
the mobula rays that have made diving special as they have been counted on every dive.
Mobula rays cephalic fins are just a flap whereas mantas fins unravel to form a much larger paddle like structure.
Among the snakes we have still had big big schools of Hammerheads,
Mobula Rays, Barracudas, Tuna, Eagle rays and of course our locals the White Tip Reef sharks.
Mobula rays look extremely similar to manta rays but the difference is in their mouths and cephalic fins (head fins).
Among the Barracuda we have been spotting schools of Scalloped Hammerheads and great, White tip reef sharks, big eye Trevally, eagle rays and
Mobula rays still at our dive site Gili Sarang.
Further out is Gordo Banks, a seamount about 8 miles from shore that delivers schooling hammerheads, whale sharks,
mobula and manta rays, dolphin and bait balls pursued by marlin.
The dive sites harbor not only pelagic such as hammerhead sharks,
mobula - eagle - and sting rays, white tip reef sharks, barracudas, batfish and sea snakes but also macro life.
On any given dive you can expect white - tipped reef sharks, marbled stingrays, green turtles, Galapagos fur seals, sea lions, eagle rays, cownose rays and
mobula rays swimming in formation.
You might get a glimpse of mackerels, jacks, snapper, eagle rays,
mobula rays, cownose rays and, with any luck, scalloped hammerhead sharks or silky sharks.
The seasonable sighting of schooling barracudas, tunas, and other pelagic life is fairly regular, and apart from
the mobula - and eagle ray season during August and September, hammerheads have the tendency to school around the Magnet end June until early November.
In Belongas Bay you'll find an unspoiled underwater paradise with pristine reefs, an intact environment, challenging «adrenalin dives» with sighting of schooling barracudas, tunas,
mobula and eagle rays and hammerheads.
You have the colourful soft coral areas around the southern islands of Misool with the opportunity to see sharks and
mobula rays.
The rest of the region abounds with everything from sea lions and fur seals, to manta,
mobula and eagle rays, sea turtles, and even penguins.
The mobula - and eagle ray season s during August and September, whilst the hammerheads have the tendency to school around the Magnet end June until early November.
If you're into scuba diving, this island provides phenomenal opportunities to see
Mobula rays, hammerhead sharks and whale sharks.
From flights of mantas and
mobula rays to funnel clouds of jacks and snapper, the ocean teems with life.