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Comment: Soon after my first encounter diving with wild dolphin within sight, a Manta Ray followed their path from lagoon to open ocean.

Tiputa6 * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand. * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand.

Tiputa7 * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand. * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand.

Tiputa8 * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand. * Our first encounter with wild dolphins in the pass. We were in open water at 80 feet and they were at least another 80 feet below us on the sand.

Tiputa9 * At this point the dolphins are heading to the surface for a breath of air and are probably at sixty feet. * At this point the dolphins are heading to the surface for a breath of air and are probably at sixty feet.

Tiputa10 * At this point the dolphins are heading to the surface for a breath of air and are probably at sixty feet. * At this point the dolphins are heading to the surface for a breath of air and are probably at sixty feet.

 
Tiputa12 * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me. * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me.

Tiputa13 * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me. * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me.

Tiputa14 * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me. * Zoomed as much as my Canon A620 can do, the Manta is still 80 feet below me.

Tiputa15 * Barracuda. * Barracuda.

Tiputa16 * Barracuda. * Barracuda.

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