⠀⠀⠀What an adventure this was. My girlfriend and I set off on a boat off Nusa Penida with one goal: to swim with manta rays for the first time. As we left the dock, I started to have some doubts, as the seas were super rough, and our captain got word that there was only one manta ray in the area.
⠀⠀⠀Still, we pushed forward. When we approached the site, two boats were leaving as there were no manta rays. One swam by but disappeared as quickly as it came. We went to check out one other spot hoping that they would be there. We saw one manta and immediately hopped in. The water was cold, and the current pushed and pulled from the waves recoiling off the cliffs. It was not the group of mantas w...