A big Manta Ray and other rays in St Pete, Florida

Jul 27, 2026 12:22 PM

SeeThroughCanoe

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These are just a few of the different species of rays found in the St Pete / Clearwater, Florida area.

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Big flappy boy

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A fever of rays

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So many flap flaps!

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Is that a remora on the manta ray?

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They are related to remoras, but those are called Cobia. They're super tasty. I estimate the larger one to be 5 feet long.

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Holy crap, that's a lot of rays!

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Feeling a sucking disk on your back, that's Remora

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I love rays. All the rays.

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Everything you post is cool and you're one of the few posters I enjoy 100% of the time. Please keep doing what you do.

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thanks for the kind words :-)

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I remember groups of rays more than a half mile wide and I don't know how long, the current little groups I see getting attention now are actually concerning to me.

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The size of the migrations vary from year to year. I've been filming and documenting a huge winter gathering and an even larger summer migration for about 14 years now and the largest gathering I've seen so far was just last year. /gallery/absolutely-massive-group-of-rays-off-coast-of-clearwater-florida-00O79C8

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