Animals
How wide is a giant manta ray’s wingspan?
A giant manta ray is up to 7.92 m · 26 ft wide, wingtip to wingtip.
Giant manta ray at true scale
- Giant manta ray up to 7.92 m · 26 ft
- Volkswagen Beetle 1300 4.07 m · 13.4 ft
- African savanna elephant 3.35 m · 11 ft
- Football goal 7.32 m · 24 ft
Giant manta ray (blue) beside a Volkswagen Beetle 1300, an African savanna elephant and a football goal, all on one scale.
The giant manta ray is the world’s largest ray. NOAA Fisheries gives its disc width — the span from wingtip to wingtip — as up to 26 ft (7.9 m), more than four times the average height of a US man.
Compared with familiar things
- A giant manta ray is about 1.9× a Volkswagen Beetle 1300 (4.07 m · 13.4 ft).
- A giant manta ray is about 2.4× an African savanna elephant (3.35 m · 11 ft).
- A giant manta ray is almost exactly the size of a football goal (7.32 m · 24 ft).
- A giant manta ray is about 3.9× a BILLY bookcase (2.02 m · 6.63 ft).
Can you guess it by eye?
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Play five comparisonsWhat is measured
Maximum disc width: up to 7.92 m · 26 ft. NOAA Fisheries: disc width (wingspan) up to 26 feet.
Source: NOAA Fisheries — Giant Manta Ray. Checked 2026-09-28. The silhouette is scaled so this measurement is exact; its other proportions are illustrative.