I used to see them in the Gulf of Mexico when I was a young man working on shrimp boats. Some times I would hear something like a thunder clap and I would know it was happening. What you filmed was a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing.
@@Joe-yc4fsPeople think horny elk sound like Sirenhead or Bigfoot, and factories releasing steam sound like souls being released from hell, so maybe?! 😅
Great shot. The island of Bora Bora has a large population of giants. 15 to 20 foot wing span cruising around the channels inside of the outter reef drop to deep sea. That was not an easy video shoot. That's the best ray footage I have ever seen.Thank you for sharing.
Many years ago my family used to vacation at Cape Hatteras. One early morning I poured a cup of coffee, went out onto the balcony and looked out to sea. At that very moment a huge manta ray breached, about 100 meters out from the beach, and then he was gone. The one and only time I’ve ever seen one. Right place at precisely the right time!
at last what i have been looking for, not the small mobula rays leaping but the true giants jumping out of the water. i hope these majestic creatures will thrive for many years to come with the help of the manta trust. thank you for the footage and good luck with your work!
Agreed! I read a long time ago that Giant Oceanic Manta Rays breach (and also that they are incredibly fast swimmers) but that always seemed crazy given that adults can weigh over 3,000 lbs. There is even a flying Pokémon called Mantine that is inspired by them. This is the first good footage of a giant manta jumping I've ever found on RUclips. I did see it once on Animal Planet but unfortunately I wasn't recording. :(
I have been lucky enough to see this for myself in Wilmington NC in the harbor where the river joins the sea. We were on a ferry to a nearby coastal island when one of these creatures rose up out of the water and sailed through the air. I was the only one to see it, but what a life-changing event it was. I'll never forget it!
@@jeffwhitney3369 He can now brag to everyone about how a he saw a ray jump out of the water. His instant fame will then lead to millions of dollars of ad revenue that he can then donate to cure cancer and win the best person on the planet ever award. See, life changing.
When I was in middle school I was at Myrtle or Wilmington, (forgot which one) with my friend and my dad. We were all swimming in the water next to each other when my dad and I saw one of these breach just about 20 feet ahead of us. It was amazing. My friend didn’t see it tho😅 He didn’t believe us
He enjoys reaching for the sun so much he falls back to the sea on his back, exposing his belly for a short moment. What wonderful creatures our world is filled with, may we summon the power to come together to protect our home all the life that loves and lives here. Thank you wonderful MantaRay, you’re so beautiful.🩵
That manta ray must have been feeling really joyful, I want to imagine how expansive it must feel to be a sea creature soaring through the air - so cool 😊
Once when I was diving off western australia a huge shadow came over me and I looked up to see a manta ray who was having a great time playing in the bubbles from my reg. He kept coming back for more bubble tickles. I've never seen one do a backflip before!
Was in Deerfield Beach Florida 45 years ago , dead calm summer water and 14 ft manta breached to remove remoras on his under sides. Never will I forget it! .
I remember my encounter just as clear! This was at Jacksonville Beach. I was in my mid teens, so it had to be around 25 years ago. I saw something black in the distance as i stood ashore. I thought it might be a whale. A wave crested and blocked my view, and just as the wave fell, i saw the manta breach. I was stunned. I immediately knew what it was, but i did not know they breached.
Same, off the coast of Mississippi I was fishing from a boat in still water when a huge speckled manta ray leaped out of the water. I just happened to be looking in that direction and it was freaking awesome. Was probably about 60 to 80 yards from me. Truly something you will never forget.
He was in a happy mood. They are cool creatures, i gor a ride from one in the keys once, nearly ripped my mask off we moved so fast, really friendly and i completely had the sense he enjoyed the play time as much as i did
Great clip! I was fishing on a party boat on the ocean side of the Chesapeake bay bridge, while trying to catch Croakers on a line with triple baits, a leatherback turtle the size of a volts wagon had grabbed a croaker that hooked on my line, and it breached fully out of the water and spit the fish back at me! It was one of the most amazing things I’ve seen, everybody on the boat was cheering and clapping taking videos. One of those moments in life I will never forget!
I witnessed this near Marathon Key in my younger days, but the ray flew along side the boat for what I remember as a ridiculously long time. To this day, it remains on my "Top 5 Coolest Things I've Seen in Nature" list.
I saw 2 of them fly straight up out of the water in a split second (we think whale chasing them). It was SO fast, so startling and unexpected, that if you’d blinked at that second you would have missed them. This was in Cabo San Lucas in 2021. One of the most fantastic sights I’ve ever seen! They were AIRBORNE!!
I heard a woman got killed when her speedboat zoomed by a spotted eagle Ray jumping out of the water, and it hit her. The ray died too from the impact, but accorfing to other passengers it was nearly 4 feet across and weighed 200 pounds. So even though it wasn't a giant Manta, even the smaller species of ray can be pretty heavy, so you don't want to get smacked by one.
I saw one 30 years ago about 12’ across breach in Port Mansfield Tx. when fishing on the jetty. Hoping for a 2nd jump but never happened. I knew it was a special moment! 👍👍👌
I was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off Sarasota one time. As soon as my husband and I got out of the water, a huge Manta breached right where we had been! It was amazing.
Yes, if it keeps practicing for about 300 million years, it will grow feathers. Unfortunately they only have a lifespan of about 50 years... I guess they'll be stuck in the ocean forever.
As a kid, I had this intense memory of seeing a giant ray breach the water. I was with my dad walking along some docks at a marina we used to visit down in SW Florida. Not sure if it was a stingray or a manta but the thing was absolutely massive. It happened during that time right before dusk where the water looks dark and ominous. All I remember was how black it was with the setting sun reflecting off its body. In all my years walking along the same harbor, I have yet to ever see such a thing again. I'm still not convinced it wasn't a dream but I'm fairly certain childhood me didn't even know rays could leap straight out of the water like that.
Camera was pointed in the right place at the right time !😃😃😃 if one goes out and waits for a manga to fly ,you can be waiting till it snows in Hawaii !😃😃😃 I wonder if they breach cause they're in a good mood or cause they just feel like it ? This was a great video ! Thanks for sharing this one !!!
It almost looked magical. I almost expected it to fly away. Even those few seconds of air were beautiful. The second breach was actually a back flip. You could see the white of it's underside. Amazing!!!
I was lucky to have a manta experience in my 20s. I was snorkeling In Biscayne Bay Miami Florida. On the ground in front of me. Was a huge Ray. It lifted up and took off in front of me. The wing span was massive!
❤How do you get to hell? Very simple: claim that you're innocent. How do you get to heaven? Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy. ❤ **Honest questions are welcome.** Continued: >>> 1 of 3.
Part 2. The Ten Commandments: Do not lie. Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word. There are six more but let's just leave it at that. How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman. How many times a day do you do that? Do you use God's name as a cuss word? Would you do that with your own mother's name? If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty. ....
Part 3: Ask him for mercy. His name is Jesus. It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine. The fine is death. Ezekiel 18:20 - "The soul who sins shall die." That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy. Option A. You die for your own sins. Option B. Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you. ❤ **Honest questions are welcome.** [[[
@@hyena131 The real fairy tale is that the universe popped out of nowhere, by magic. It cannot be eternal, because of the laws of thermodynamics (or else entropy would have already reached the 'heat death' stage and nothing would be alive or moving). In other words, the universe MUST have a beginning, and things don't pop out of nowhere, unless something causes it.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 It's always amusing when something can't be explained and people have to invent gibberish and fairy tales in order to vainly - and laughably - attempt to 'explain' it:)
Just WOW!!😲 It's interesting to see how many recent comments there are...more than the video got when it was first posted. Thank you RUclips algorithm! I'm glad it popped up in my feed.👍🏻
I used to see them in the Gulf of Mexico when I was a young man working on shrimp boats. Some times I would hear something like a thunder clap and I would know it was happening. What you filmed was a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing.
Could this possibly explain some UFO sightings and the like?
@@Joe-yc4fsPeople think horny elk sound like Sirenhead or Bigfoot, and factories releasing steam sound like souls being released from hell, so maybe?!
😅
@@Joe-yc4fsI was just thinking the same thing.
So they still do it? Or are they all gone?
@@NinjaPhookaI live by the coast, people think the tsunami alert has gone off when my wife starts yipper yapping
Great shot. The island of Bora Bora has a large population of giants. 15 to 20 foot wing span cruising around the channels inside of the outter reef drop to deep sea. That was not an easy video shoot. That's the best ray footage I have ever seen.Thank you for sharing.
man, every few years someone mentions how big they are and I'm like 'no way they're this big', then I rediscover their huge size
@@NARKISDUDE yeah I get that a lot myself. With the ladies 😎😎😎
lmao I left it right open@@jimbobjunior.
@@NARKISDUDE haha yeah you did! I couldn't resist! 😂
@@jimbobjunior.Oh, you're talking about your dick right? Wow, that's so cool and funny.
That's one hell of a shot. Well done.
Many years ago my family used to vacation at Cape Hatteras. One early morning I poured a cup of coffee, went out onto the balcony and looked out to sea. At that very moment a huge manta ray breached, about 100 meters out from the beach, and then he was gone. The one and only time I’ve ever seen one. Right place at precisely the right time!
at last what i have been looking for, not the small mobula rays leaping but the true giants jumping out of the water. i hope these majestic creatures will thrive for many years to come with the help of the manta trust. thank you for the footage and good luck with your work!
Agreed! I read a long time ago that Giant Oceanic Manta Rays breach (and also that they are incredibly fast swimmers) but that always seemed crazy given that adults can weigh over 3,000 lbs. There is even a flying Pokémon called Mantine that is inspired by them. This is the first good footage of a giant manta jumping I've ever found on RUclips. I did see it once on Animal Planet but unfortunately I wasn't recording. :(
@@eliotj Überleg mal, was ein Blauwal wiegt und der springt auch.
They get 10x that size this is still a small manta ray
I have been lucky enough to see this for myself in Wilmington NC in the harbor where the river joins the sea. We were on a ferry to a nearby coastal island when one of these creatures rose up out of the water and sailed through the air. I was the only one to see it, but what a life-changing event it was. I'll never forget it!
Exactly how did it change your life?
@@jeffwhitney3369 He can now brag to everyone about how a he saw a ray jump out of the water. His instant fame will then lead to millions of dollars of ad revenue that he can then donate to cure cancer and win the best person on the planet ever award.
See, life changing.
When I was in middle school I was at Myrtle or Wilmington, (forgot which one) with my friend and my dad. We were all swimming in the water next to each other when my dad and I saw one of these breach just about 20 feet ahead of us. It was amazing. My friend didn’t see it tho😅 He didn’t believe us
@@jeffwhitney3369 The splashing water ruined his best shirt...
@@jeffwhitney3369 He got scared, fell backwards and hit his head really hard.
WOW 😮 What a beautiful sight and fantastic camera work. 👍
Nearly did an inside loop in the air, just having fun!
He enjoys reaching for the sun so much he falls back to the sea on his back, exposing his belly for a short moment.
What wonderful creatures our world is filled with, may we summon the power to come together to protect our home all the life that loves and lives here.
Thank you wonderful MantaRay, you’re so beautiful.🩵
💯✌
RyanPerrella You said that so nicely. From Diane
Calm down hippy 😂
Gay
@@BobbySteelanusbrave and stunning of you to admit you love cock.
That manta ray must have been feeling really joyful, I want to imagine how expansive it must feel to be a sea creature soaring through the air - so cool 😊
They do it to clean their body with water splash impact
@Avrelivs_Gold I'm sure there's a childs birthday somewhere you can ruin also
@@Avrelivs_Goldthanks for the cool manta ray fact! Ignore that other person.
@@Avrelivs_Goldmate.... They basically live in a salty bath... Theyre always clean... Stop talking madness! They do this for a laugh!
Animals just want to have fun.
I've lived at the beach and had never seen this from a ray . Great footage .
I don't think you are going to see them at a beach, but in deep open water
Once when I was diving off western australia a huge shadow came over me and I looked up to see a manta ray who was having a great time playing in the bubbles from my reg. He kept coming back for more bubble tickles.
I've never seen one do a backflip before!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just read that rays breach and I had to see it for myself. How majestic.
I didn’t expect that you had underwater footage as well- my gosh- this was amazing!!
Was in Deerfield Beach Florida 45 years ago , dead calm summer water and 14 ft manta breached to remove remoras on his under sides. Never will I forget it!
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I remember my encounter just as clear! This was at Jacksonville Beach. I was in my mid teens, so it had to be around 25 years ago. I saw something black in the distance as i stood ashore. I thought it might be a whale. A wave crested and blocked my view, and just as the wave fell, i saw the manta breach. I was stunned. I immediately knew what it was, but i did not know they breached.
Same, off the coast of Mississippi I was fishing from a boat in still water when a huge speckled manta ray leaped out of the water. I just happened to be looking in that direction and it was freaking awesome. Was probably about 60 to 80 yards from me.
Truly something you will never forget.
He was in a happy mood. They are cool creatures, i gor a ride from one in the keys once, nearly ripped my mask off we moved so fast, really friendly and i completely had the sense he enjoyed the play time as much as i did
@@69lureSo he basically treated him as if he was some giant lice stuck to him? 😂
Could this possibly explain some UFO sightings and the like?
@@Joe-yc4fs no
@@69lureexcept that they also do it for fun
@@69lure There's also an hypothesis that it may help them give birth.
I witnessed this in Maldives, was a split second of pure joy and a lifetime of memory! Well captured
Beautiful creatures.
Absolutely spectacular!
The word Awesome is chronically misused, but not in this case.
Opportunity of a lifetime to witness it. Beautiful photography.
Beautiful footage .
Great clip! I was fishing on a party boat on the ocean side of the Chesapeake bay bridge, while trying to catch Croakers on a line with triple baits, a leatherback turtle the size of a volts wagon had grabbed a croaker that hooked on my line, and it breached fully out of the water and spit the fish back at me! It was one of the most amazing things I’ve seen, everybody on the boat was cheering and clapping taking videos. One of those moments in life I will never forget!
0:12 This is the moment we are living for!
This video and the comment section are beautiful, I’ve been very unwell and this was the smile I needed today ❤
Gänsehaut am ganzen Körper und Tränen in den Augen.
Unbezahlbare Aufnahme.
Vielen Dank.
verstehe ich nicht, ist schon cool, aber so dolle doch auch wieder nicht
@@marc_frank jeder Mensch empfindet eben anders.
Mußt nicht verstehen.
lol übertreib
I witnessed this near Marathon Key in my younger days, but the ray flew along side the boat for what I remember as a ridiculously long time. To this day, it remains on my "Top 5 Coolest Things I've Seen in Nature" list.
What a great video!!! Thank you for sharing.
Once upon a time built OPEL (GM - Daughter) in Germany 🇩🇪 real amazing cars.
I miss him so much.
Nice tape 📼👍👏
The iconic Opel Manta..even had two little chrome Mantas on the sides!
I saw 2 of them fly straight up out of the water in a split second (we think whale chasing them). It was SO fast, so startling and unexpected, that if you’d blinked at that second you would have missed them. This was in Cabo San Lucas in 2021. One of the most fantastic sights I’ve ever seen! They were AIRBORNE!!
IDK WHY THIS VID DOES NOT OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS...
I always thought it was crazy that these guys could build up enough speed to fling themselves out of the water
Could this possibly explain some UFO sightings and the like?
@@Joe-yc4fs yeah bro
yeah we are onto something @@kidneyaiopm1903
@@Ashamed.Loser69"just learned velocity is different from speed and thinks it's a flex, but doesn't actually know the difference" type of cellow
@@quantumblauthor7300 Only you know, oh mighty.
I knew they did. And this was super cool to capture. Looks like he/she was having a lot of fun doing it to.
Pretty, but kinda scary to see a creature with a 15-20 wingspan jump so close. I know mantas are harmless, but they still weigh alot.
I heard a woman got killed when her speedboat zoomed by a spotted eagle Ray jumping out of the water, and it hit her. The ray died too from the impact, but accorfing to other passengers it was nearly 4 feet across and weighed 200 pounds. So even though it wasn't a giant Manta, even the smaller species of ray can be pretty heavy, so you don't want to get smacked by one.
One of the most iconically beautiful animals on earth.
Its design is so cool, that we worship it in movies, TV, and science fiction.
Diving in Costa Rica I saw a 15 foot ray. This is so beautiful 🌊
Amazing! Such cool animals. Thanks for posting.
Never seen or knew about mantas breaching like that. Pretty cool.
I didn’t know they did fucking backflips!
Damn, you learn something new everyday, big or small. Thanks for sharing something I would have never known without having actually experienced it.
❤❤❤❤WOW! such a great privilege to see this!! Much less to capture on film for all of us land bound fools!!! Thank you sir!!!❤❤❤❤
Amazing animals!!
And they taste great too!!🤤
@@dirkdiggler2430 - and winner for biggest douche goes to u!!
Amazing shot. How does this not have more views??
How fortunate you were to see this live-wow-
Nature at her finest❤
Big Man
Big Man
The algorithm has decided it's this video's time to shine. That was awesome
I didn’t know he was chill like that
Recommended after 7 years ? This is the best thing ive seen
I saw one 30 years ago about 12’ across breach in Port Mansfield Tx. when fishing on the jetty. Hoping for a 2nd jump but never happened. I knew it was a special moment! 👍👍👌
I was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off Sarasota one time. As soon as my husband and I got out of the water, a huge Manta breached right where we had been! It was amazing.
Incredible! First time I've ever seen them breach, I didn't even know they could do that😧😃
@badboisquid2762 They're like my ex gf, I didn't know she could breach into systems that she's secretly a hacker.💫
Fabulous!! Thank you!!! They are such unique-looking beings, almost like birds!
Big Man after winning a Splatfest
i love every thing about this video the music, the quality and ofc the manta ray
They are evolving to fly out of water and grow feathers…right?
Yes, if it keeps practicing for about 300 million years, it will grow feathers. Unfortunately they only have a lifespan of about 50 years... I guess they'll be stuck in the ocean forever.
This is beyond the most magnificent video I've ever seen.
I didn't know they did that!
🇦🇬✊🏾🇵🇷
What a efficient swimmer
Just having some fun, absolutely beautiful!❤
Super elegante Tiere, wunderschön 🤩 Wir wissen und schätzen oft gar nicht die Schönheit der Natur, die uns umgibt ♥️
Viewed for a min.last a lifetime in ur mind.incredible ❤
Complete stealth jet ❤
Add to this that manta rays are able to recognize themselves in a mirror.
Wow, I didn’t know they did this. Imagine what it’s feeling, must be wonderful and great camera work
You just got to love views like this, every living thing has that moment in their life where they just want to jump for the pure joy of living
As if the way they swim wasn't enough!❤
Ja wahrlich, die Schöpfung ist in jeder Facette genial.
He's just living his best life.
Magnificent creature
Saw a ray breach near Key West, craziness thing ever
Se ve increíble 😮
Manta rays are like the deer of the ocean
So elegant and beautiful
it's the four legs and hooves yep, very similar
Imagine being one of the earliest sea farers, and seeing something like that...
As a kid, I had this intense memory of seeing a giant ray breach the water. I was with my dad walking along some docks at a marina we used to visit down in SW Florida. Not sure if it was a stingray or a manta but the thing was absolutely massive. It happened during that time right before dusk where the water looks dark and ominous. All I remember was how black it was with the setting sun reflecting off its body. In all my years walking along the same harbor, I have yet to ever see such a thing again. I'm still not convinced it wasn't a dream but I'm fairly certain childhood me didn't even know rays could leap straight out of the water like that.
Espectacular video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Get this man a NatGeo contract. His filming skills are amazing. Matter of fact we need him to record every school fight from now on
👏👏👏👏 INCREÍBLES IMÁGENES 👏👏👏👏
Camera was pointed in the right place at the right time !😃😃😃 if one goes out and waits for a manga to fly ,you can be waiting till it snows in Hawaii !😃😃😃 I wonder if they breach cause they're in a good mood or cause they just feel like it ? This was a great video ! Thanks for sharing this one !!!
Somehow this video just radiates a calm feeling, like everything is okay and all you need to worry about is this awesome sting ray.
It's manta not sting ray, big difference. No dead Steve Irwin here.
Manta Rays, my beloved ❤
Una belleza ❤️
He's living his best life.
_"Splish splash I was taking a bath!"_
- Manta Ray, probably
I never knew they did this until You Tube. When there’s a school. Sever breaching together is really awesome to see.
Humans: at least that creepy winged sea scorpion can't reach me above water
The creepy winged sea scorpion:
Creepy? They are beautiful
@@TheNadroj10 not mutually exclusive
It almost looked magical. I almost expected it to fly away. Even those few seconds of air were beautiful. The second breach was actually a back flip. You could see the white of it's underside. Amazing!!!
Yeah I'm sure people realized that. Thank you Captain obvious.
@@josephtaylor-kennedy1420 Are you naturally rude or do you practice?
@@kael1716 awww I apologize if I hurt anyone's feelings. To answer your question, I'm naturally rude a**hole.
Manta-stic 👍🏻👍🏻
Whatever, I've been breached the whole time.
Amazing video👍👍
Es total del mantarraya 💙🤲🏻🇮🇨🇪🇸😭🥺😱😳
I was lucky to have a manta experience in my 20s. I was snorkeling In Biscayne Bay Miami Florida. On the ground in front of me. Was a huge Ray. It lifted up and took off in front of me. The wing span was massive!
God does good work.
❤How do you get to hell?
Very simple: claim that you're innocent.
How do you get to heaven?
Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy.
❤
**Honest questions are welcome.**
Continued:
>>> 1 of 3.
Part 2.
The Ten Commandments:
Do not lie.
Do not steal.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word.
There are six more but let's just leave it at that.
How many lies have you told in your life?
Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you?
Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman.
How many times a day do you do that?
Do you use God's name as a cuss word?
Would you do that with your own mother's name?
If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty.
....
Part 3:
Ask him for mercy.
His name is Jesus. It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine.
The fine is death.
Ezekiel 18:20 -
"The soul who sins shall die."
That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy.
Option A.
You die for your own sins.
Option B.
Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you.
❤
**Honest questions are welcome.**
[[[
Let us pray: dear Satan, please visit us all tonight. On Lucifer's Holy Name, amen ❤🙏
@@upland77
Pond sand, sir.
Big Man back in his days
Gods creation is breathtaking
@sllovian7121
This video has nothing to do with fairy tales.
@@hyena131 The real fairy tale is that the universe popped out of nowhere, by magic. It cannot be eternal, because of the laws of thermodynamics (or else entropy would have already reached the 'heat death' stage and nothing would be alive or moving). In other words, the universe MUST have a beginning, and things don't pop out of nowhere, unless something causes it.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894
It's always amusing when something can't be explained and people have to invent gibberish and fairy tales in order to vainly - and laughably - attempt to 'explain' it:)
Ay ay! (How majestic!)
Nature is AMAZING!
I was unaware manta’s breached.
Could this possibly explain some UFO sightings and the like?
That's so cool. Is the second one not upside down in the air? Manta rays....amazing.
Great video! The manta ray is having zoomies, too!! 🥰
Why are they called rays when they more closely resemble planes?
This is a particularly majestic sea flap flap.
Amazing Capture
What a happy character
How can this not have millions of views?
Great music choice! Magnetic!
I've been diving before and had a manta shoot by me from below and breach above me, mantas are so cool.
Just WOW!!😲
It's interesting to see how many recent comments there are...more than the video got when it was first posted.
Thank you RUclips algorithm! I'm glad it popped up in my feed.👍🏻