Scuba Diving with Manta Rays, Night Dive near Kona, Hawaii [HQ] by Neil Parris

An amazing once in a lifetime scuba diving experience, underwater at night with the Manta Rays passing close overhead doing loops, turns and always very graceful movement.
The Manta Rays are a filter feeder and they eat the tiny Plankton which is attracted to the lights. A number of dive boats will visit this special location each night and setup a lighting system on the sea floor, and give the divers their own dive lights. If you sit an wait long enough a Manta Ray will swim right over your head.
It's amazing how graceful these large creatures are, and of course they are perfectly harmless to people. After the Manta Rays we explored the reef by night to see what other wild life we could find including sleeping fish, a squirrelfish and some kind of lobster.
We'd highly recommend the dive company we used called Dive Makai ( www.divemakai.com/ ).
Enjoy the video and please feel free to leave quality comments!
Neil.

[@venturesagogo]

It is amazing how graceful these awesome Manta Rays are indeed! I think that God sure has an Awesome imagination to create such beautiful creatures! Outstanding Footage! I have used SCUBA many times at night, but none of my dives compare to this. I'd like to see this for myself one day!! 5X5X5 STARS!! And many THUMB'S UP!! Thank you, ~Matt~

[@HydroxicAcidBoy]

Absolutely incredible. Like a scene out of a science fiction movie but better.

[@Carleton666]

I can't believe these only 400 hundred of views : this must be the most amazing video of a night diving with manta ray !

[@smilindogranch]

Thanks Neil! I just returned from doing this and I watched your video prior to leaving to anticipate it...and now I watch it to commemorate a truly awesome and breathtaking experience.

[@canman87]

I just did this a week ago and I think it's something I'll be obsessed with for many years to come. Going to try and finagle another trip to Hawaii just to do this again.

[@gomonnaco]

Absolutely breathtaking we are going to Hawaii next year for a month in April & have now been inspired to do this dive. Thank you for sharing this amazing footage.

[@neilp2]

Thanks! ;-) I'm really happy with how the video turned out, it's a fantastic momento from an amazing dive. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.

[@mattbaxter1413]

1 of the best if not the best dive videos i have sceen since getting into diving. 100% A++ great video i want to see more :)

[@Finssup]

This is so beautiful. I can only hope to do this one day (night)

[@nickwhittle]

Awesome video of an amazing fish. Really like the edit and the music, thanks for sharing :)

[@radiko76]

Amazing video ! So beautiful !

[@benmurray111]

I have goosebumps absolutely epic video

[@OmegaEclipse18]

Wow - thats really amazing footage!

[@alexgarciabalgue9204]

nice video

[@Paradise2Paradise]

Breathtaking! I can't wait ti do this. Which dive company was this with?

[@marilynrolonrivera]

Wow

[@robbysaw]

that must be someliftime touching shit right there

[@neilp2]

The dive company we used called Dive Makai

[@JAAUSSYD]

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