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Here's a suggestion from someone who has been there with children from the age of 4: your daughter can WATCH the rays from the boat or in the water without having to get too close or interact with them unless she wants. You can stand off to the side a bit and the guides will eventually bring one over to you if you want to touch it. The guides are very very good at this and used to timid folks.Get her a little mask, maybe a snorkel so she can peak her head underwater and see them better...and won't have to worry about getting a face full of water.Have your 6'3 son hold her! You can absolutely pet and experience the rays with one hand. Given their druthers, the rays would rather be close to the sand than to the top of the water, so they don't come to the surface unless they're enticed by food.Have her watch "finding Nemo" -- remember the ray that had all the school of fish riding on his back? Remind her that the females are the big ones; the "daddies" are the little ones.Don't deprive her of the experience.. she can enjoy it without having to be in the thick of things. My youngest son screamed through his snorkel when he saw his first rays at 4 years old... and it was a scream of excitement.. he wanted to swim after them! He has since become a certified SCUBA diver and loves every minute of it.
Here's a suggestion from someone who has been there with children from the age of 4: your daughter can WATCH the rays from the boat or in the water without having to get too close or interact with them unless she wants. You can stand off to the side a bit and the guides will eventually bring one over to you if you want to touch it. The guides are very very good at this and used to timid folks.
Get her a little mask, maybe a snorkel so she can peak her head underwater and see them better...and won't have to worry about getting a face full of water.
Have your 6'3 son hold her! You can absolutely pet and experience the rays with one hand. Given their druthers, the rays would rather be close to the sand than to the top of the water, so they don't come to the surface unless they're enticed by food.
Have her watch "finding Nemo" -- remember the ray that had all the school of fish riding on his back? Remind her that the females are the big ones; the "daddies" are the little ones.
Don't deprive her of the experience.. she can enjoy it without having to be in the thick of things. My youngest son screamed through his snorkel when he saw his first rays at 4 years old... and it was a scream of excitement.. he wanted to swim after them! He has since become a certified SCUBA diver and loves every minute of it.
