How Manta Ray Night Snorkeling Works at Manta Village, Kona: The Science Behind the Experience

Manta Village is not an accident. It is a learned behavior — one of the most remarkable examples of Classical Conditioning in the natural world, playing out every night in the waters off Keauhou Bay on the Kona Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island. http://seaparadise.com/manta-rays-in-kona Why Manta Rays Come to Manta Village Every Night In the […]
What Is It Like to Swim with Manta Rays at Night in Kona

Nobody tells you it’s quiet. That’s the first thing. You’re lying horizontal on the surface of the ocean at night, the light board glowing beneath you, and it’s completely quiet except for the gentle sound of your own breathing through the snorkel. And then, out of the darkness below, something the size of a dining […]