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The mantas are still spotted in May and October, but in fewer numbers.
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Divers can expect to explore underwater cliffs and walls teeming with mantas, tuna, and various species of sharks.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2025
This work led to an entire field of manta research that tracks over a thousand individual mantas at these islands.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Divers can expect to explore underwater cliffs and walls teeming with mantas, tuna, and various species of sharks.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2025
This work led to an entire field of manta research that tracks over a thousand individual mantas at these islands.
—Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manta
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The machine scanned the skull using bright, nondestructive X-rays, generating over 9,000 high-resolution images and terabytes of data.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Ponta do Ouro's warm waters offer some of the best diving spots in Africa, with plenty of coral reefs, whale and reef sharks, turtles, dolphins, and rays—plus, great visibility, a real perk for underwater photographers.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Manta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manta. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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