Snorkel or dive with resident reef mantas at Ningaloo Reef off Coral Bay in Western Australia, one of the few places to see them all year. Daily manta tours from Coral Bay glide over the cleaning stations of this World Heritage fringing reef, where the rays are almost always found circling for a clean. They are here year-round, with the biggest numbers from May to November.
Snorkel or dive with resident reef mantas at Ningaloo Reef off Coral Bay in Western Australia, one of the few places to see them all year. Daily manta tours from Coral Bay glide over the cleaning stations of this World Heritage fringing reef, where the rays are almost always found circling for a clean. They are here year-round, with the biggest numbers from May to November.
Up to 88% sighting chance in Coral Bay / Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia). Best months: June, July, August.
Year-round off Coral Bay, thanks to a resident population, with the largest aggregations from May to November.
Daily boat tours from Coral Bay use spotter planes to find mantas at their cleaning stations, then drop snorkellers and divers nearby.
Whale sharks from March to August, humpback whales in winter, turtles and reef sharks along the same coast.
Yes, mantas often cruise the shallow lagoon, so snorkellers get excellent encounters, not just divers.