Snorkeling nusa lembongan manta point

Snorkeling nusa lembongan manta point. After a windy 20-minute boat ride from Nusa Lembongan’s main beach, we arrive at the limestone cliffs of the remote Nusa Penida. With the sun hiding behind the clouds, the vibrant turquoise blue water takes on a darker mysterious tone. 

Despite the lack of sunlight, Captain Diasa and his boat lieutenant know how to spot the mantas. They spend 10 minutes circling the coves paying close attention to the base of the cliffs.Suddenly a spotting. The flap of a wing emerges on the surface than quickly disappears. 

It’s there, it’s there. A manta. Get into the water!” Diasa instructs us with an ai We frantically scramble to put our gear on as he insists that we get into the water immediately.

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Through the depths a dark figure starts to emerge. It’s indiscernible at first but impossible to miss and its headed straight towards us!  As the manta ascends towards the surface we get our first glimpse of his great white underbelly. His expansive gray wings flap gracefully at his sides. The manta is a massive creature, measuring up to seven and a half meters wide (25 feet). This one, Diasa tells us, is really big – possibly five meters. I have no point of reference to know for sure.

We can’t make out his eyes but he can clearly see us. With one maneuver he changes course and dives beneath us, circling first then disappearing into the murky waters.

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Convinced the manta is not planning on returning after several more long minutes in the jellyfish mine field, Diasa instructs us to get out of the water and back into the boat. We are happy to oblige for the time being.

While Diasa continues searching we remain hopeful this won’t be our only sighting for the day. We are greedy after all and our encounter was far too brief.  We wanted more time with this underwater gentle giant. To keep our expectations in check we had to remind ourselves about our bleak experience cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa. We should count ourselves lucky to even see one manta.