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Reef Manta Ray

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Where to see Reef Manta Ray in Australia

  • 11 dive sites
  • 1 species

AI-generated illustration: Reef Manta Ray

The reef manta is Vulnerable, and all 11 Australian places where it is documented are dives: Lady Elliot Island and Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef and the Rowley Shoals in the west, Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, Julian Rocks at Byron Bay, the Solitary Islands and the Cocos Islands. Five are World Heritage sites.

Where

Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.

Which species

Remote atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Subtropical rocky reef

Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)

Australia

Up to 18 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Tropical-temperate transition reef

Solitary Islands

Australia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Whitsunday Islands (Chalkies Beach)

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Volcanic pinnacle

Wolf Rock

Australia

Up to 32 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Reef Manta Ray

See dive site
Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

Reef Manta Ray profile