My First Ever Water Sports Activities in the Island of Boracay by Stingray WaterSports

I am a big fan of Stingray Watersports activities and I sure can relate to what you have written here. Do come back!

Hi Ace. Good you did enjoy and you were lucky. My experience with Stingray is completely opposite. My girlfriend and I had an accident while doing parasailing and almost die!!!!!
We went for parasailing with this company through MyBoracayGuide after booking other activities on the island. It was the Friday July 8th. Parasailing started at 3:05 in the afternoon. Wind was very strong already. Once on the air and after 6 minutes we realized people on the boat was struggling. Boat stopped and it was turning slowly, wind was very strong (45.1kph) so parachute was up in the air even though the boat was not moving. Then, people on the boat cut the rope (they said later it was necessary, otherwise the boat would capsize). Cause the strong wind the parachute instead of falling gentle in the water, just pulled as back and fall in the water in less than 5 secs. We thought this will end here and we would be rescued. Unfortunately the parachute didn't deflate and start going at high speed far in the sea with us attached to the harness. The boat then tried to reach us but we were going faster than the boat. My girlfriend and I were in panic, we were dragged, there was nothing behind us but ocean, and the boat was farther from us with the time. We were hit against the water surface once and again, sunk every moment and swallowing water all the time, we were helpless and hopeless; we were just trying to pull ourselves to catch a bit more air when we were a bit above the water surface. It went like that for about 5 minutes, we didn’t have any more power to pull ourselves a bit and try to breath, instead we were swallowing more water and being hit stronger as wind speed increases (wind max speed at 3:15 was 54.7kph based on weather station). We were really about to die, I already thought my girlfriend passed out or die and she was thinking same about me. At this moment fortunately another two or three more powerful boats join the rescue, they reached us slowly, then one guy jumped onto us to catch the harnesses but failed, then about half a minute later a second one jumped and could grab the harness, then he started going back to bring down the parachute, while people from the boats grab the parachute and shrunk it until it stops. Finally my girlfriend and I were rescued and taken to the hospital. Between the moment the rope was cut and the moment we were rescued it lasted minimum 10min, I’m sure about that because my girlfriend was so scared on top that I was telling her every minute how much time we are left, last time I told her it was 3:12pm, then when I was rescued and on the boat by her side I checked the time and it was 3:25p. We were very very lucky to be alive, at the end we had several contusions and bruises, and after a couple days some drowning symptoms based on the doctor (rough coughing with phlegm and fever). To me the parasailing there was not safe, and they didn’t have any measure how to react in this case. First of all, the winch hast to be checked everyday and proper maintenance be conducted to avoid this failure. Second of all and worse, when they decided to cut the rope (probably is the way to proceed, I don’t know), it was not considered at all what would happen next. They should’ve waited or asked for rescue team to join before cutting the rope, what happened after cutting the rope almost cost our lives.

We just came from Boracay and had our worst nightmare with Stingray. We were flying so high, I could see all other parachutes way beneath us, when we felt a pull then our harnesses twisted. After some twists and turns, we plunged into the water. We were trapped in the chute, dragged and pulled under the waves! We thought we're goong to die! The rescuers had a hard time freeing us from our harnesses and one guy panicked and could not do anything to save us. After we were rescued, they all claim it's due to the speed of the wind which they don't have control of! They argued we are lighter than the others that's why we were brought up farther, but do they even measure the wind speed or do they even know that it gets windier the higher you go?!

I don't recommend Stingray and please think a thousand times before you go parasailing.

And btw, they said it's the first accident they have ever had!

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