Ecuador shares the largest known population of oceanic manta rays in the world, with many individuals frequenting the waters off Isla de la Plata and Bajo Cope.

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Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla. On the island, there is a large diversity of animal species, but it’s underwater that this site delivers its best...it’s here in fact that the biggest oceanic mantas have ever been measured!