Hawaii issues commercial use permits to the tour boat owners, but there is no specific manta ray tours permit. The boats can go anywhere they want. There is no limit to the number of boats at any ...

Manta rays are completely harmless, though they don't look it. Photo / Getty Images The west coast of Hawaii's Big Island ... Just metres away I watched my manta ray friends perform their ...

KAILUA-KONA — Several dozen people packed into a room at the Hawaii Community College Palamanui Campus Saturday to discuss new proposals aimed at reducing crowds at popular manta ray viewing ...

In rare drone footage captured off the coast of Oahu in Hawaii by Mark Merkley, the unique and graceful feeding behavior of the reef manta ray is captured in great detail. Marshall explains that ...

And so they're really pretty smart animals.” For the long term preservation of the species, a State law sign in 2009 made it illegal to kill or capture manta rays in Hawaii.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Seeing majestic manta rays off the Kona coast of Hawaii Island is an unforgettable experience, but tours are so popular, many have complained about safety. Hawaii News ...

Lori Trende-Landgraver, 62, from Portland, was on a guided manta ray snorkeling trip April 30 in Kona on the island of Hawaii when she became sick, the Hawai‘i Police Department said in a May 1 ...