Today we have some shots from Ray Bullion and Ken Sutherland. Ken's been here several times for Manta Fest and when it comes to diving Micronesia, Ray's about as old school as it gets. There's two days and one night of photography left for contest participants. Friday night everyone puts their cards on the table...

Dives like this are about as good as they get. Yesterday a group of seven hit M'il Channel on a gentle incoming current in Yap's blue water. After you splash in you glide down to 80 feet in crystal clear blueness. Everyone in the group started the drift like a bunch of kids playing in...

The photos are rolling in and the word on the dock is that these are not the contest entries... so the best is being saved for the last. A few new shots in here are some topside shares from Masa showing us how to get it done without the housing. Enjoy... Judy Bennett Masa Mishishiro...

This is today's status straight from the boat to your browser. This morning was a classic Bill Acker tour of the Pacific reef. We've been getting outstanding conditions with great vis and a strong wildlife presence. Yesterday a group came back from Goofnuw channel and all the chatter was about Yap's clear blue water, even...

Here is the midweek Manta Fest photography samples, mostly all macro shots with one wide angle submission from Frank. Two presenters and two content participants loaded up my USB drive to share with you all here. Yap marine life has never looked better... enjoy. Marty Snyderman   Frank Schneider Judy Bennett Anke Rohrbach

Clear blue water has greeted divers out on the reef. Before rolling in at southern dive sites we could see anemone fish 70+ feet below from inside the boat. Yap's dive conditions have been pretty solid lately which everyone is enjoying. Boats are rolling out steady all day and the photographers have not been shy...

Manta Ray Bay has been transformed into a Yap-size Top Gun academy of the underwater photo world - the best of the best from around the world are here. Presenting from the United States we have Marty Snyderman, from Europe, Frank Schneider and Japan we have Masa Michishiro. For the next couple weeks Bill will...

This is what it's looking like between the dock and the reef this week. When it's this good, the 25 minute boat rides could be longer and nobody would mind. One of the nicest features of Yap is the relaxed diving pace on uncrowded dive sites with small boat groups. Today was no exception and...

This is the Manta encounter of the year, and a Yap Divers exclusive story and why. Bill and his team have been doing this almost 20 years longer than anyone else on the Island and this week that fact can be demonstrated. Manta Rays feeding in clear shallow water, 25 minutes from the hotel room......

Anyone know what day it is? Things are firing over here, it's a full house, full dock, full boats and a full reef... with Mantas that is. Stewart donated his photos from yesterday where he and his wife were in a Yap Manta ball at the Stomfitch cleaning station. This is about as up close...

In July we had the great good fortune to play a role in the wedding of Evelyn & Steve VanAntwerp who came to dive with the Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers and during a break from diving, got married. The newlyweds were part of the Executive Scuba Group led by Ted & Pam...

Here's how to kill an afternoon after the morning dives, tell Bill you want to go catch fish. The flagship dive boat, Popou, was quickly converted into a private charter fishing boat and parked on the dock awaiting anglers. Bill captained the boat, Detlef set up the gear and Derek was in charge of having...