Dive with reef mantas at Manta Sandy, a famous cleaning station in Indonesia's Raja Ampat, where you kneel behind a marker line and watch the rays queue to be cleaned. Set in the richest reefs on Earth, the site draws a steady stream of mantas gliding over the sandy bottom amid clouds of fish. They visit year-round, best from October to May.
Dive with reef mantas at Manta Sandy, a famous cleaning station in Indonesia's Raja Ampat, where you kneel behind a marker line and watch the rays queue to be cleaned. Set in the richest reefs on Earth, the site draws a steady stream of mantas gliding over the sandy bottom amid clouds of fish. They visit year-round, best from October to May.
Up to 85% sighting chance in Raja Ampat / Manta Sandy (Indonesia). Best months: January, February, December.
October to May, the calm liveaboard season, when reef mantas most reliably visit the cleaning station.
Divers stay behind a marker line on the sand and keep low and still so the mantas approach the cleaning station undisturbed; no chasing or touching.
Some current experience helps, but Manta Sandy itself is a relatively shallow, sandy site suitable for most certified divers.
The world's richest reef life, from schooling fish and wobbegongs to pygmy seahorses and reef sharks.
