I've petted sting rays in a tank, but I can't imagine swimming with them. I'm not a big water lover. How deep was it where you were swimming with them?
Wow, you had an awesome day! I love reading about your adventures and being in the water with stingrays and sharks is a definite adventure. What a memorable photo with the stingray!
The colors you chose for this section match the water color! I wouldn't mind having the small rays around me but I might get a bit nervous with the sharks.
Oh just looking at the photo reminds me of the our experience. It was one of the most memorable experience we had on our first cruise. I was in heaven. I wish I could have been there to see you surrounded by all those sharks!!!
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 – Today we were back in beautiful Moorea, French Polynesia and we wanted to do something a little different this time. Swimming with the stingrays and sharks definitely qualified as different!
I thought I would be frightened but I wasn't. I slid right off the boat into the water out near one of the reefs and couldn't wait to pet and feed the rays! After a while Bill went back on the ship to take some pictures of me in the water with the rays when he said, “Smile, and stand still for about a minute.” I asked him why I needed to stand still for a minute and he replied, “There are about 20 sharks that are going to swim around you and I want them to be in the picture!” I looked behind and sure enough, I was surrounded by sharks.
Apparently the sharks had been there all along but I never noticed, I was too taken by the hundreds of stingrays! The sharks were 4' – 5' long and once I realized they were all around I could see the dorsal fins above the water swimming all around us!
I can't believe I would ever be in the ocean with sharks all around and not be afraid but I was fine.
The stingrays were very docile and they felt like velvet!
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