Ray Fish "camp out" at Miramar

[beachesR4us]

We spent the day at the beach Friday. Throughout the day, the beach was visited by stingray pups and several large stingrays. The stingray pups would jump out of the water and one would even do a little flip. It was a wonderful treat for all of the beach goers.

 

[Matt J]

 

[Franny]

We noticed them last week at Grayton...very funn!

 

[Giddzilla]

I've seen this before. I think your "pups" are actually small members of some sort of cow nosed ray and the big ones are of course our beloved southern sting ray. If you look closely I think you will find that the small ones are more diamond shaped. I think they come in close to shore in the surf like that to feed. Most rays eat shellfish and other inverts and I know we have plentiful coquina clams and "sand fleas" on our beaches. I have noticed that the small rays spend more time zooming around in the water column in a kamikaze-ish manner so they may, perhaps, be feeding on something in midwater, but don't quote me on that.