Swimming with a Stingray

One of the extremely rare sights for me was swimming and seeing a stingray close to shore. This was my first and only time I have ever experienced this beautiful sighting. I was told there had been quite a few sightings early in the mornings close to shore. Yes I was a bit surprised to see it and no I didn't get to close. As you can see it has a very long tail, almost 2x the length of the body. Thank God I have a long camera pole so I didn't have to get to close. I think it was more aware of me swimming by that it headed out to deep water which I won't follow it there. What a treat it was and I will remember it forever.