At the 9th annual MantaFest photography festival we welcome last year's entire winner's circle, several first timer's, Steven Miller and Ikelite as well as Solmar V and Siren Fleet. Presenting this year from left to right; Ray Bullion, Andy Shumacher, Bill Acker, Steven Miller, Frank Schneider and Brad Holland. MantaFest is a small event with...

It's getting easier to experience the local culture - new tours and excursions are being developed. A personal village walk with a local guide and local food lunch at a beach house is a new addition that really demonstrates a typical Yapese day. See a village, hear stories, local lore, historic accounts and take a...

We just created one more reason to join this year's MantaFest photography festival, August 27 - September 11th. A video division will be a new addition to our annual photography event. We will have Andy Shumacher from Shumacher Films in Germany presenting and judging video entries. We have a "Best Submission" prize that is a...

Download the Yap Immersion flyer JOIN REEF SEEKERS DIVE CO. & MANTA RAY BAY AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN YAP NEXT YEAR (2017) Special 13-day trip (10 days in Yap) includes: Ocean View double-occupancy room Breakfast daily Up to 24 dives total Manta cleaning station dives Manta ID class (sanctioned by PADI) Manta ID project Mandarinfish...

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, this ones's on us! Dad's stay FREE at Kids Sea Camp August 6th - 13th in Yap, Micronesia. Offer Includes: 7 nights, meals, dving, activites and entertainment Aug 6-13 Kids Sea Camp Round trip air not included 1 offer per family * requires family of 4 Now you...

Julie Hartup was on island last week performing her research as project leader of Yap Manta Project. Along with her routine data collection, community building and guests relations, she presents her data and involves all of us in her work. These photo were taken the night after the Meet the Managers welcome cocktail toast with...

Front row seating for a Yap culture show was included in the anniversary festivities. Celebrating the last 30 years of being in business in Yap also means celebrating the last 30 years of Yap culture that is shared with visitors and experiencing Micronesia's most intact traditional culture. One of the most colorful activities you can...

Roll in with Yap's original dive guide. Bill hasn't skipped a beat in the last 30 years and is still showing visitors Yap's magic in the water. Daily dives on the big boat, lead by Bill, headed to the Southern Walls, Yap's best outer reef diving. Conditions were on our side with calm seas, clear...

We spent a whole week ringing in 30 years of diving Yap, tourism in Yap and being a family at Manta Ray Bay, staff and guests enjoyed the big celebration in proper Acker fashion. Check out our 30th anniversary party photo album on facebook! The official celebration was kicked off in the hotel lobby with...

To celebrate this year’s Manta Fest event in the middle of our 30th Anniversary Year we have decided to give a 20% discount across the board on all our Hotel/Dive-packages*, straight from Bill. Where normally special promotions cannot be combined we like to share our 30-years success with divers being able to profit both from...

Julie Hartup was on island last week performing her research as project leader of the Yap Manta Project. Along with her routine data collection, community building and guest relations, she presents her data and involves all of us in her work. These photos were taken the night after the Meet the Managers welcome cocktail toast with Bill, where Julie...

Want to learn how to capture split images? Steven Miller with Ikelite Photo School will be hosting advanced workshops on shooting split images at this year's Manta Fest photography festival. We will have special photographic dive plans that will provide participants with the opportunity to shoot exactly what we learn in the workshops and bring home...