Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island

Wordless Wednesday
Watery Wednesday

What: Divers interacting with Southern Stingrays (Dasyatis americana).

Where: I took these photos while diving at Stingray City,
a well known dive site in the Cayman Islands.

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A diver pets the underside of a Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana)


Divers watch a Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana) in the Cayman Islands


Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana)
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32 comments:

  1. Great pictures, guys!!! It's great to be back after a hiatus that was way too long...

    My post: http://lfwaterloo.blogspot.com/2009/05/ww81-misty.html

    Have a great day!
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  2. I always enjoy and look forward to your underwater adventures. Those are absolutely stunning and what fun! Thanks for sharing and have a great day!!
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  3. Great pictures. It's a whole other world down there.
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  4. I'm content to look at your awesome photos. though I love to swim, I'm not sure I'd like diving, maybe because the ocean where I live is cold and mostly murkey, so especially enjoy seeing your photos and Thank You so much for sharing your watery w-under-land :) Happy WW
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  5. Meeting stingrays must be so exciting. Lovely photos, as always.
    Re. my flu preparations: yes, you're quite right, we'll be measuring viral load and a host of other parameters.
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  6. Wonderful shots! They are such fascinating creatures. Happy WW
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  7. I've been there and had a blast! Stingrays are like big puppy dogs. Great pics!
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  8. I haven't been over here in a while, your photos are still breathtaking!
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  10. it was a wonderful experience seeing this pictures looks like i was the one diving down there.
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  11. Great photos as always.
    Since there are divers alongside the rays, I can see the scale! Quite impressive. I take it they are relatively passive?
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  12. oh! It's frowning at you.
    I wonder why it looks like a face under there? (: or make that );
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  13. Great shots. Look at the face on it! :-) Must be absolutely amazing to experience something like that.
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  14. what an awesome experience swimming under the water with beautiful fishes swimming around.
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  15. Oh, I love stingrays-- and what great shots. He was a BIG fellow, wasn't he?
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  16. Hi to everyone. Thanks for dropping by.

    A little more about these stingrays: They congregate at this spot because they are fed there. When we went there, we saw dozens. A dive guide who went into the water with us was feeding the rays frozen shrimp.

    They are used to divers and snorkelers, but I wouldn't call them docile. They come around and nudge people, looking for a hand-out, and some can be a bit aggressive. In fact, the guy who was feeding them when we were there was completely MOBBED!

    The water depth at this dive site is very shallow, so it's easy for snorkelers to see the stingrays. We heard there now is a glass-bottom boat that goes there, too.

    Bobbie
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  17. These are amazing shot. I enjoy your underwater photography so much.
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  18. What an adventure. Awesome to see for someone like me who never took a dive like that.
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  19. I didn't realize stingrays are so BIG! Very interesting photos.
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  20. Wow! That's a huge sting ray! And there's lots of them! I can't be a diver or scuba diver....afraid of the deep.
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  21. They are huge! I certainly wouldn't want to to mobbed by something that big.

    They do look docile though as they "fly" through the water.

    Great photos, Bobbie!
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  22. That must be downright exhilerating!
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  23. Great shots!
    Wish I could touch them too!
    Thank you for sharing!
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  24. Yikes....they better be careful!!! Great shots. Happy WW and thanks for stopping by my friend. How's the weather in Hawaii??? Summers almost here. I cant wait to use my POOL:)
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  25. Great photos! But every time I see a stingray now I think of that croc guy from down under. I have spent some time years ago swimming with Bat Rays. They were surprisingly docile, almost intelligent seeming.

    Happy WW and thanks for your visit!
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  26. They look like pancakes, a little bit, lol ! strange creatures under water !
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  27. Wow! Those are wonderful photos. I found myself holding my breath as I looked at them. Simply amazing.
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  28. These are cracking pictures, once again. Talk about ocean devotion - you guys are really hardcore.

    I sent you a request through your contact page. I wonder whether you got it?
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  29. Thanks everyone. We enjoyed reading your comments.

    We liked Gattina's comment that the stingray resemble pancakes. :-D

    @ Will - The stingray that ultimately killed Steve Irwin was a different species than these. He was stung when he disturbed a stingray that was resting just under the sand. The stingray was acting defensively. An article about stingrays is forthcoming on The Right Blue, and I will address this issue.

    @ Gallicissa We did get your message, and I have sent you an email reply.

    Bobbie
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  30. Hello...those are fantastic photos.

    I felt like I could touch the stingrays!

    Thank you so much for sharing!
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  31. Awesome pictures and so wonderfully clear. What a great experience to feed those rays. Thanks for sharing the experience.
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  32. Uau, I did a course of diver, but I didn't see so many fish! It's fantastic. =)

    Sorry for my english =/
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We welcome your comments and invite your questions. Dialogue is a good thing!

Bobbie & Jerry

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