Cleaning Station10 sites7 countries

Dive sites: Cleaning Station

Cleaning Station dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Fiji

Manta Ray Island

Nadi · Yasawa Islands · Fiji

A world-renowned manta ray cleaning station in a shallow channel between Yasawa islands, where reef mantas gather in numbers to be cleaned by wrasses during the dry season.

Indonesia

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Crystal Bay

Nusa Penida · Bali · Indonesia

Sheltered bay with crystal-clear water. Mola mola (ocean sunfish) cleaning station during cold season.

Manta Point

Nusa Penida · Bali · Indonesia

Cleaning station for oceanic manta rays along the southern Nusa Penida coastline. Shallow and current-dependent.

Nusa Penida Manta Bay South

Klungkung · Bali · Indonesia

A sheltered bay on Nusa Penida's southern coast where oceanic manta rays gather at cleaning stations year-round, offering reliable encounters with these gentle giants over coral bommies in relatively shallow, accessible water.

Sangalaki Island Manta Point

Berau · East Kalimantan · Indonesia

A shallow coral plateau off Sangalaki Island in the Derawan Archipelago where dozens of reef manta rays gather daily at cleaning stations, offering some of the most reliable and intimate manta encounters in all of Asia.

Japan

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Kabira Manta Point

Ishigaki · Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa · Japan

A shallow reef cleaning station off Kabira Bay where manta rays gather in spectacular numbers from summer through autumn.

Micronesia

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Manta Ray Village (Mi'l Channel)

Colonia · Yap State · Micronesia

Year-round guaranteed manta encounters at Yap's shallow cleaning stations, where reef mantas glide within touching distance.

Mozambique

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Inhambane Manta Reef

Inhambane · Inhambane Province · Mozambique

A shallow offshore reef south of Inhambane where resident giant manta rays gather at cleaning stations year-round, offering some of the most reliable and intimate manta encounters in the Indian Ocean.