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    The Manta Blog

    Here you can keep up-to-date with the latest events, trips, news, and everything else going on at The Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers.

    Summertime is the right time

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on May 14, 2015
    Diving season is upon us. Right when the manta mating action cools down, the wind calms and the whole island opens up with flat seas and clear water. We have rays cleaning in the lagoon, sharks strafing the wall at Vertigo and miles of barrier reef to dive until the trade winds pick up in...
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    Super Typhoon Maysack

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 1, 2015
      Super typhoon Maysack was a category 5 system that passed through Yap state with sustained 160 mph winds and 25-30 foot storm waves. Several of Yap State's islands were effected and two were hit directly by the super storm, Ulithi Atoll and Fais. Yap Island was within 50 miles of Maysack's path and received a...
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    The Lives of Yap Mantas

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on March 27, 2015
    Researching manta rays in Yap is growing a voice for studying small local populations. The individual lives of these animals can be tracked and studied using a custom database. This is Mungzinger, the most dependable manta in Yap, she's always here and is most distinguishable by a shark bite mark on her right wing. Last...
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    União de Forças pela Conservação da Natureza e Cultura de Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on March 21, 2015
    Nesta semana o Manta Ray Bay Resort/Yap Divers sediou a Missão à Micronésia da campanha Divers for Sharks, da qual nosso resort é a Embaixada na região, e que em conjunto com o Instituto Augusto Carneiro vem construindo parcerias regionais para apoiar e divulgar os avanços em conservação marinha e proteção das culturas tradicionais que...
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    Venha Mergulhar e Aprender sobre as Mantas em Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on March 10, 2015
    Para uma oportunidade única de aprender sobre as raias-manta de Yap, tubarões e mamíferos marinhos, bem como participar diretamente da pesquisa sub, fique de olho na próxima edição de nosso evento de ciência cidadã e mergulho em 2016 - Manta Mania. Estamos finalizando a lista de pesquisadores palestrantes e aprimorando o pacote com um tour cultural...
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    Manta Mania – uma Semana de Ciência, Conservação e Muitos Mergulhos em Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 26, 2015
    Texto de: B_rad A primeira edição da Manta Mania, evento anual desenvolvido pelo Manta Ray Bay Resort/Yap Divers, trouxe para nossa ilha um grupo muito especial de mergulhadores para um pacote único incluindo muita vida marinha e um simpósio de ciência cidadã para a conservação. Esse pacote foi totalmente customizado para incluir três mergulhos por dia, mais...
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    Winter Dive Reports

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 25, 2015
    It's manta diving season in full swing. Today I volunteered some bottom time to Julie Hartup's research on Micronesia's mantas by being her lens in the field. There's a couple of things in particular that are on her radar - specifically two pregnant mantas, as well as  status updates on the cleaning station locals. Wintertime research is easy,...
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    Época de Mergulhar pra ver as Mantas Acasalando em Yap!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 13, 2015
    Texto de: B_rad Esta é a época do ano em que as mantas fazem de tudo em frente aos mergulhadores, menos dar à luz; todo tipo de comportamento é observado, em geral com diversos animais avistados a cada mergulho. Esta semana, na chegada dos barcos ao píer ouvimos falar de um encontro com nada menos...
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    6 Coisas pra se Saber sobre Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 11, 2015
    Texto de: B_rad Além de ser a capital mundial do mergulho com raias-manta, há muito mais de Yap que vale a pena saber. Aqui algumas informações que nem todo mundo sabe: 1. A História de Yap é ainda hoje quase que exclusivamente oral. Eventos, lendas e mitos são transmitidos de geração em geração muito mais...
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    Manta Mania Party Report

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    The first annual Manta Mania event brought a group of people together for a very special dive package and big animal citizen science symposium. This was a completely custom itinerary that included three-tank dive days with daily workshops on how our ocean's megafauna are connected to us in the world we share - designed to deliver the...
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    Manta Mating Season Diving

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    This is the time of year when everything manta happens in front of dive groups, with the exception of giving birth, every behavior is seen, typically in multiple animal encounters. Dive reports coming off the dock this morning boasted a 20-manta cleaning station dive. Surprise encounters during channel drifts in M'il are more frequent and all...
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    5 Things About Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    Get to know Yap Yap is a very interesting place that is set on the very fringe of the first world grid. The undeveloped tropical setting and rich traditional culture mix with today's broadband world creating a unique experience. Here are a few interesting things about a place that many people haven't heard about.  ...
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