<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165">I saw rusty several times on the first dive.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165">I was doing a reef dive on the night dive so I saw some of these mantas not at the campfire, (ho and bertha were definitely cruising the reef early on the dive) grayer and nick were spotted by our snorkel guides.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165">we had a total of </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165"><b>11 mantas</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6165">big bertha, peg, mango, shirley<br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">grayer, nick, ho ray, orion, jordan, rusty, eli.</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">plankton looked good on the deep campfire</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">probably 17 boats, 100ish snorkliers, 30? divers</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">on a side note, I saw considerable damage to the coral on the south side of the bay from a <b>small</b> sand plough <b>anchor</b> that appeared not to be able hold the <b>large boat</b> in the sand with the amount of scope being used. This was the boat that ended up having all the snorklers and mantas around it (sadly ironic). let's all do our best to protect the environment that provides us with our livelihoods we are lucky enough to share.</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">hui hou tonight for anyone braving the swell,</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">luke</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">13jan2015</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">didn't get a chance to post yesterday but I saw;</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6434">2 mantas. eli and orion</b>. </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">good plankton</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr">orion was the main manta putting on the show for the divers which was a first for me. always exciting to see a manta getting more comfortable around the lights and chaos.</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421356503070_6164" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>