While going through digital images from our various cameras, I came across this picture of my wife Patricia pushing our grandson Thaddaeus to the pool in a makeshift stroller.  That’s improvisation if I have ever seen it. [caption id="attachment_2755" align="aligncenter" width="351" caption="Patricia Acker pushes Thaddaeus Acker Sullivan to the pool"][/caption] We have a number of...

As most of you are surely aware, living in the Tropics requires a bit of ingenuity from time to time.  Also, as most of you are aware it does rain, even in the Paradise which is Yap Island, but there is no need to worry about us as we have figured out a safe way...

If you didn't know we have a new face on the reef, you should sign up to get the latest news articles and special offers - the Manta Report newsletter. Here's a special article from the latest edition, introducing NOLA, Yap's newest resident Manta Ray. Say hi to Nola, our newest identified Yap Manta Ray....

This is how Manta Ray Bay gets together and combines custom hospitality options with traditional Yapese cultural delivery. This was the dinner party preparation and delivery for 33 people onboard the Mnuw that included traditional flavor as well the island's positive energy. The entire day, Detlef had the Manta Ray Bay and Mnuw crew preparing...

36 years of SCUBA diving in Yap, over 14,700 dives and today was one for the ages. I am regularly asked what my favorite dive is and invariably I answer “Yap Caverns, because you never know what you are going to see.” I have seen pilot whales, whale sharks, oceanic silver tips, oceanic white tips,...

Liebe Manta Ray Bay-Freunde, auch auf den Webseiten der Magazine unterwasser und taucher.net findet Ihr weitere Blogs & Fotos zum MantaFest 2012! Hier die Links: Palmen haie mantas MantaFest in Yap Viel Spaß bei der Lektüre - und ein herzliches Dankeschön an die Redaktionen!

Hier noch einmal für unsere deutschsprachigen Freunde - wenn auch mit geringfügiger Zeitverschiebung zwischen Mikronesien und dem Rheinland: Die Katze ist aus dem Sack – nach einigen „angeregten Gesprächen“ war sich die Jury einig was die Preisvergabe angeht. Kategorie „Digitale Spiegelreflexkamera“: Best of Show: Anke Rohrbach – Köln - Serie (16 Tg. Indonesien-Yap-Kreuzfahrt auf der...

Frank Schneider, Marty Snyderman, Bill Acker, Ray Bullion and Masa Michishiro,  your 2012 Manta Fest presenters and event host handed out the prizes and awards to the top photographers of this year's event. The task wasn't easy, there were a lot of outstanding photo submissions but this is how it all finally shook down. Winner,...

DSLR Winners There's a new album Manta Fest 2012 DSLR Winning Photos on Facebook. There you will find the Best of show, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place contest winners. We'd like you to cast votes with your likes and see how the judges decisions lined up with public opinion. Point and Shoot Winners In the...

This was the final day of the photography and diving for this year's photo contest.The weeks of photography and fun for Manta Fest 2012 concluded with a showing of Bill's custom hospitality on the Mnuw after a perfect day on the water. After this, all that was left to do was turn in JPG's, wait...

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...