Best places to dive with Spotted eagle ray

Present outside winter, but local monitoring specifically documents schooling and a focused observation season from December through February.

Large schools at North Seymour and the central sites year-round.

Seen year-round cruising the walls and sand flats, notably at Half Moon Caye Wall; no documented seasonal peak at Lighthouse Reef.

Eagle rays are reported in the channels and around Maa Kandu. Current timing matters more than a published calendar.

Eagle rays may cross wall edges and sandy reef areas.

Occasional in channels and along outer reef edges throughout the year.

Seen year-round along Baa's channels and reef edges rather than on any seasonal schedule, but patchy and unpredictable, so kept at occasional.

Eagle rays may cross reef edges and sand flats.

Seen cruising over sand and along drop-offs year-round, but as passing encounters rather than a reliable fixture.

Passing eagle rays are seen off the exposed points and along Bunaken Timur, sometimes in small groups, but sightings are not guaranteed.

Eagle rays are possible over sand and wall edges.

Regularly reported at cleaning stations and along ridges such as Dirty Rock and Punta Maria, often in small groups. No strong seasonal pattern in the sources.

Reported passing through the Maratua channel and off Sangalaki. Sightings are chance rather than seasonal, and no local survey data was found.

Passes through the channels singly or in small groups, more often on the drift than a guaranteed sighting. Seen year-round without a clear seasonal peak.

Passes through the drift sites such as Halik and Manta Point; sightings are occasional rather than reliable.

Eagle rays are possible along walls and sand channels; no month peak is asserted.

Eagle rays may pass walls and sand channels without a supported peak.

Eagle rays may pass walls and sand channels without a supported monthly peak.

Spotted eagle rays may pass reef edges and sand channels throughout the year.

Eagle rays are possible over wall edges and sand, not reliable by month.

May pass channel mouths and current-fed pinnacles throughout the year, sometimes in loose groups. Tide matters more than a supported calendar peak.

Eagle rays may pass Molokini and Lānaʻi walls throughout the year.

Aetobatus ocellatus, a supporting species in the ISRA factsheet. Reported at North Twin, Black Rock and the deeper slopes, usually in passing along the drop-offs.

Eagle rays may be encountered near walls and sand channels.

Recorded on roving surveys and baited remote underwater video deployments around Nusa Penida. Usually seen passing in the blue along the channel walls and north-coast drifts.

Eagle rays may pass offshore wrecks and reef edges in any month.

Spotted eagle rays pass over the reefs and pinnacles occasionally, more often at Koh Haa and the outer sites; never guaranteed.

Eagle rays may pass walls, channels and sand patches in any month.

More likely at South Point on plankton-rich currents (Sipadan closed in November).

Eagle rays may pass walls and sand channels in any month.

May pass the channel mouths, sometimes in small groups. The official Miyaru protected-area account lists eagle rays but provides no defensible monthly peak.

Possible in suitable habitat; no unsupported peak is applied.

Reported at Koh Moan North and a site named Eagle-ray Alley in the Koh Prins group, both on multi-day offshore trips. Not seen inshore around Koh Rong.

Possible in suitable habitat; no unsupported monthly peak is applied.