Manta Dive in Hawaii

Here’s video from a night dive I did off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.   It was one of the most amazing dives I’ve ever done.  A giant manta swooped over my head and bumped it as he went over!

There were mantas everywhere…  circling, swooping, and “flying” all around us.

Why do they come to that spot?  Well,  tiny plankton are attracted to the divers lights…  and mantas eat plankton.  So the reason they are gliding all around us with open mouths is that they are scooping up the plankton and eating.   They are very graceful and peaceful creatures (unless you’re a plankton