July promises calm seas, light winds, sunshine and a wide open Yap dive map. Ride shotgun with Ventura Dive & Sport on a 7/5 super size package, getting Micronesia the way it use to be, still is... This time of year you get everything but mating manta rays and trade winds. This was a busy dive...

TripAdvisor hat dem Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers das "Certificate of Excellence" verliehen. Diese Auszeichnung weist uns als Resort mit herausragenden Leistungen aus und orientiert sich direkt an den Bewertungen unserer Gäste auf der weltweit größten Reiseplattform im Netz. Wir stehen an erster Stelle der Resorts in Yap. Für uns persönlich ist das...

Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers has earned a 2013 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. The award recognizes our place as a top-performing resort as reviewed by the travelers on the world’s largest travel website. This is indeed great news and a big motivation to continue to improve. We sincerely appreciate the 98 reviews by...

Amigos do Mergulho, É com muita alegria que estamos inaugurando o Blog em Português do Manta Ray Bay / Yap Divers, para trazer aos amantes do Mergulho e da Natureza marinha notícias, imagens e informações sobre esse lugar especial do Pacífico, Yap, na Federação dos Estados da Micronésia, onde estivemos várias vezes. Acabamos de nos...

Derzeit zeigen sich Yaps Tauchgründe von ihrer Schokoladenseite. Damit sind nicht nur die mehr als 30 kapitalen Büffelkopfpapageienfische, die unseren Gästen während des ganzen Tauchgangs an den Yap Caverns nicht von der Seite wichen. Gestern erlebten einige Gäste das was wir in Yap tauchen an der wilden Grenze nennen.  Neben einer eher unüblichen Begegnung mit...

More guests went frontier diving yesterday and got a taste of some wild natural encounters with Manta Rays, a school of Silky sharks, rainbow runner and tuna feeding. The guides keep a watchful eye on the water and when there's action, the day's plan is modified on the fly. This is how to keep things...

With those words, Associate Justice of the Yap State Court, Cyprian Mugunbey pronounced our very good friends from Brazil – José Truda Palazzo and Nalu Machado husband and wife. Obviously a bit of a joke but it fit right in with the entire day. This wedding took place at our house and my wife Patricia,...

Sophie Purdon aus Florida und Lily McDonald aus Toronto, Kanada, sind jetzt - nachdem sie heute um 13 Uhr ihren Unterricht abgeschlossen hatten - die neuesten Junior Open Water Divers auf der ganzen Welt. Ihre letzten beiden Übungstauchgänge fanden statt am Stammtisch, dem Lieblingsplatz der Mantas von Yap, und an Vertigo, einem der besten Haiplätze...

Heute stand Hai auf dem Tauchermenü, natürlich nicht auf dem Teller, sondern vor dem Außenriff am Philippinischen Meer an Vertigo, für viele Gäste der spannendste Tauchplatz der Insel. Glücklicherweise wächst die ohnehin gesunde Hai-Population beständig weiter - die "Locals" sagen, dass sich sich nicht daran erinnern können, jemals so viele Haie gesehen zu haben wie...

This was part of our Kids Sea Camp family dive adventure week that we host annually. Sophie Purdon from Florida by way of the Cayman Islands and Lily McDonald of Toronto, Canada are the newest Junior Open Water divers in the world, having completed their class this afternoon at 1 PM.  Their final two training...

Today was shark day on the outer reef in the Philippine Sea at Vertigo, Yap’s most exciting dive site. Yap has a healthy population of reef sharks that is still growing. Locals say that they don’t remember seeing as many sharks as they do these recent years. Protective legislation of the Manta Rays subsequently protects...

The southern tip of Yap’s barrier reef is where the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Sea meet. It’s home to the most sea life diversity, brilliant coral, fun topography and water clarity in Yap. We saved this dive so that the Acker family can take the girls on a personal tour of Yap Caverns. Today’s...