I don't really carry the kind of camera set-up that will let me do that.... so I will have to get very lucky and have a close encounter.
In the meantime, I will be happy with the ghostly blue images you get from shooting thru a lot of water.
Eagle rays feed on mollusks and crustaceans, crushing their shells with their flattened teeth.
They are excellent swimmers and are able to breach the water up to several metres above the surface.
The ray has numerous white spots on its inky blue body. It has a span width of 2.5 m (8 ft) and a maximum reported weight of 230 kg (about 507 lbs). And a tail, that can reach up to 5 m (16 ft) in length.
The tail looks like a whip and may be as long as the body.... and it is armed with a stinger.
Eagle rays live close to the coast in depths of 1 to 30 m and in exceptional cases they are found as deep as 300 m.
The eagle ray is most commonly seen cruising along sandy beaches in very shallow waters, its two wings sometimes breaking the surface and giving the impression of two sharks traveling together.
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