Manta City Point
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Manta City near Kabira-Ishizaki, Ishigaki, is a world-famous manta ray cleaning station. With depths from 5–25m and easy boat access, it offers a high chance to see mantas, even for beginners, making it one of Ishigaki’s most popular dive sites.
Manta City features manta rays at cleaning stations, plus turtles, Napoleon fish, giant cuttlefish, gurukuns, and rooted fish among other large marine life.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock-crisod
100 Sightings
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Green Turtle
50 Sightings
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
19 Sightings
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7
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Cuttlefish
10 Sightings
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9
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Shutterstock_DiveIvanov
Squid
9 Sightings
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9
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AdobeStock-Richard Carey
Banded Sea Krait
8 Sightings
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2
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
8 Sightings
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3
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
7 Sightings
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3
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
6 Sightings
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3
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
6 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
5 Sightings
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