We typically get wet to see our friends in the deep, but a fast inflatable can get you a dry look at the Flying Manta Rays of Isla Partida.

These rays fly out of the water to a height of about 6 feet.

At maximum altitude they spin, cartwheel, and flip.

 

Sometimes they land like airplanes…

   

sometimes they land upside down.

  Sometimes they jump with their buddies (Popcorn Rays!).

They jump periodically throughout the day but they save the serious jumping for sunset and cloudy days.  K thinks they don’t jump when its sunny, its bad for their shiny complexions and their Ray Bans fall off.

They look absolutely joyous and like most fun things, only the young ones do it.