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...

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...