About Revisions Manta’s City Old Providence Island, Colombia 239.281.6692 | More Info Max Depth: 41-50ft/12-15m Average Viz: 91-100ft/28-30m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Plenty To See Winter: 81-85°F/27-29°C 7/13/2008 12:47 PM

Manta’s City is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Old Providence Island, Colombia. The maximum depth is 41-50ft/12-15m. The average visibility is 91-100ft/28-30m.

Within the reef lagoon, in the lagoon channel behind the barrier reef and reef terrace, over a white sand bottom which produces a particular luminous blue in the crystalline water, one encounters disperse patchy reefs. A spectacular slope of bright white sand descends from the reef terrace to the lagoon where one finds the patch reefs. Large coralline heads, especially of star coral (Montastrea), some really enormous and thus very old, as well as soft corals and sponges form the basic structure of the patch reefs. They rise from the bottoms of the lagoon, at 45 ft, to near the surface and serve as a refuge for a complete variety of reef organisms. In the sandy bottoms, you frequently find sting rays which, mistaken for manta rays, give the site its name. It’s an easy diving location, good for beginners and for familiarizing oneself with the environment, as well as for the underwater photography, due to the extreme water transparency. Also very suitable for understanding the general structure of the barrier and patch reef. This is usualy a drift dive with a light current.