Today was the blogger tour of Yap diving with the girls. It says “Frontier Diving” on the first page of the brochure, so we did just that and hit the water with an open adventure plan, 12 tanks of Nitrox and lunch. Our first stop was the local cleaning station for the mantas deep inside...

Day two of the girl’s Yap dive adventure kicked off with a smile of a sunrise on a private boat loaded with Nitrox, lunch and two of Manta Ray’s most experienced dive guides. Sunshine, calm water and the whole reef to yourself, this is Monday in Yap. Yap is where you dive rich tropical water...

Back in March I threw a blind invitation at the Scuba Diver Girls to create a custom media party in Yap, and last night they finished their 24-hour travel across the Pacific Ocean. This week we’ll be promoting scuba diving’s people, places and products with Yap’s manta rays, sharks and warm water reef life as...

We've had some excellent weather and dive conditions recently resulting in solid photo ops around the island. These are my lastest snaps from the past couple of weeks from 6-8 dives. Right now is a good time to be in the water and to get in on all of this. Here's what it looks like...

      With five boats in the water, Manta Ray Bay is quite a busy place right now. After all, we take pride in making our guests' wishes come true. So, if there are divers who really don't want to dive with sharks or mantas, well, there are always separate dive boats we can...

We embarked on a shark hunt this morning, seeking an elusive school of Hammerheads seen just a few times here. Seems that shark school has all the stops pulled out on the diving schedule, not many guests want to get up early and head out for deep current dive in the dark. Hammerheads have been...

Day two of shark school took the group down south on Popou to Yap Cavens and the southern walls. Yesterday we prepped the Caverns site with a bait box which produced a big group of mature Grey Reefs occupying the site. The Caverns dive is typically a sharky experience with white tips resting in the...

An den Anfang haben die Götter den Schweiß gesetzt: Im Fall von Yap bedeutet das im Klartext einen saftigen Langstreckenflug, der mit dem überreichten Blumenkranz ("Nunu") aber immer ein versöhnliches Ende findet. So, als wolle einem die Südsee-Schönheit, die jeden Gast am Flughafen schmückt, sagen: "Entspann' Dich, Du hast es geschafft!" Als die Reisestrapazen im Ansatz...

The beginning is always hardest: in case of Yap that means getting to that point past the immigration where the beautiful girl puts a floral wreath around your neck as if to say "relax - you're in Yap now!" Still, it speaks volumes that the first thing our SharkSchool guests basically did after a much-needed...

It is always wonderful to hear from guests who have stayed with us and enjoyed their stay.  We even enjoy hearing from guests who stayed with us and who offer constructive criticisms of things that we could do to improve.  Here are three recent letters to us that we want to share with you. “Dear...

New group trip set for next April – don't miss it! Travelling with a Swiss group is about the most laid back thing to happen to a diver. The good news: Tour Operator Hang Loose and its owner Urs Maring, who has put together hand-selected travel packages for many years, will soon set up his...

Ein Tauchtrip mit einer Schweizer Gruppe ist so ziemlich das Entspannteste, was einem Gruppenreisenden widerfahren kann. Der Berner Reiseveranstalter Hang Loose und Geschäftsführer Urs Maring, der seit vielen Jahren handverlesene Individualreisen organisiert, schreibt in Kürze für den April 2014 seine zweite Gruppenreise nach Yap aus. Anfragen nimmt er gern selbst entgegen: tauchen@hangloose.ch. Natürlich hat die...