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...

Welcome to Yap Caverns - our best wall diving, swim-throughs and macro shooting. These photos were taken on one dive this afternoon when I hopped on a third-tank boat last-minute. No matter how you do the Caverns, it's usually good, and it generally gives you everything but the cleaning manta rays, from big to small. I always...

This post is about sharks, specifically photographing sharks at Vertigo, for our latest manta news, check our our manta mania Manta Mania 2016 trip report and behind the scenes write-ups. Now, back to Vertigo. Here's 5 reasons to come back to Yap using just one dive site and the most consistent of all things here...

Yap is one of those rare and interesting places in our world with something unique to experience. This week it's hanging out with professional conservationists who present their research and share their information to grow awareness and create scientific communities out of divers, local people and business - and party in the name of saving...

Manta Mania 2016 brought in a big group of enthusiastic divers to learn about mantas, dive with mantas and interact these creatures with the world's leading manta scientists. The action was from breakfast until well after happy hour - our daily schedule packed in several dives, a classroom workshop and evening presentations at the Crow's Nest. The...

Texto de: B_rad Quem poderia imaginar que mesmo com a alta do dólar iria ficar mais barato mergulhar na Micronésia em 2016? Pois é. O Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers está festejando seus 30 anos de atividades. Pra comemorar, estamos oferecendo 30% A MAIS de tudo o que temos para nossos visitantes - 30%...

Durante o PADI Festival 2015 em São Paulo e em muitas consultas que os amigos mergulhadores nos fazem, sempre surge a pergunta: "o que mais há para ver em Yap além das mantas?" Bem, essa seleção das fotos vencedoras de nosso evento anual de imagens, Manta Fest, dá uma bela ideia da diversidade natural E...