Moment six-metre-long manta ray comes face-to-face with scuba divers

Scuba divers swimming off the coast of Socorro Island in Mexico had a mesmerising encounter with a huge manta ray.

Footage from 10 January shows the divers coming face-to-face with the six-metre-long marine creature.

Giant pacific manta rays are the largest and “friendliest” of their kind, often swimming less than a metre away from divers, according to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Padi).

The creatures often come to Socorro to breed and calve.

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