I was nervous about this excursion but it was overall a great experience. The crew of Ula, Danny and Vince did a great job, especially helping people in the water who had questions or needed help with their snorkel equipment etc. The snorkel equipment was first rate, by the way. Clean and good quality. The neoprene wetsuit tops helped the water temp feel more comfortable. Pool noodles made floating easy.
The mantas showed up immediately and began rolling and and flying right below us. They get VERY close to you so be prepared for that. I even got bumped by them twice. We had 11 mantas and 4 or 5 of them were enormous. What majestic and beautiful creatures!
My only negative comment is there was a lot of swell. We had several people getting sick of the back of the boat. I donāt get seasick so I was fine, but the swell did make getting on and off the boat very challenging. There is just a small ladder with narrow rungs, and trying to climb that with the boat rolling all over the place was not fun. However, none of that was the crews fault, itās just Mother Nature doing her thing! I highly recommend this tour, just make sure youāre prepared for it.