Die Schutzbemühungen rund um die mikronesische Insel Yap trägt Früchte: Seit der Entdeckung des „Stammtisches“ durch Jan Sledsens und das Yap Divers-Team im vergangenen Jahr ist an eben dieser Stelle im Mi'l Channel praktisch kein Tauchgang ohne Manta-Begegnung vergangen. Gerade angesichts der rapide angestiegenen Fischerei auf Mantas und Mobulas freuen wir uns darüber, dass Dr....

Mogethin! Dear Manta Ray Bay friends, Good news! Okay, you might have read the newsline before, but I find it important to go into detail. I recently had the pleasure to chat with the lovely people of Marine Megafauna Foundation, fronted by Dr. Simon Peirce and Dr. Andrea Marshall, one of the leading scientists in...

On the 2nd of May, Bill Acker, Patricia Acker and Jan Sledsens left Yap for quite a trip.  While Patricia split from the group in Honolulu in order to fly to Atlanta to be with her sister, Bill and Jan flew to Denver and then rented a car for the short drive to Fort Collins,...

Recently we had the honor of having 6 divers from Switzerland among our other international dive guests.  Turns out these folks were not a group but just happened to book Yap at the same time and thus naturally became a group.  That’s one of the great things about diving, you see different places, explore different...