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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Night snorkel with the manta rays. One of the top experiences I've had ever, not just in Hawaii.

We thought driving out to the observatory for an astronomy program was very worth it and I'll do it again when we go back, but it's a very long drive and it's cold as heck up there. [/quote]

Is that safe, do they sting?[/quote]

DP, they cannot sting. The tour puts you in a short wetsuit and has you hang onto a light bar that the rays come to because it attracts plankton. There is no free swimming with the snorkel (vs scuba) and no touching the animals of course. You just hang there while they swim by. [/quote]

When I did it we didn't hang on anything and we did swim. They put a light down on the ocean floor, which was maybe 20' or so down, maybe a bit farther down, a short swim from the boat, and the rays came to the light. We were in wetsuits with snorkel gear floating on the surface of the water in a circle looking down. The rays would glide from the ocean floor up to the surface, brushing against us -- it was wild and wonderful. [/quote]

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