Part of the Island's charm are the stories and folklore about Stone Money. The other day diving O'Keefe's Passage, Gordon showed me some encrusted buried treasure. Stone Money is still valued and traded today. The value is based on each piece's story about it's journey to Yap. The harder it was to get here, the...

Thanks Bruce for your comments on the Lap around Yap post... he gave the ole, "Yeah, yeah, show me what we really come for..." - Roger that. Today we're looking at some quick selections pulled right off of Marc's Nikon D300s. He was nice enough to walk his camera down to the photo shop and...

We have a real mystery brewing on the island. A couple days ago our guest Eric from Bakersfield, CA brought back a photograph of a fish, that so far, has not been identified. [caption id="attachment_1759" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Unidentified Mystery Fish[/caption] The whole 8 pound fish almanac came out more than once and we aren't any...

Check out John's form in the water this morning. It turns out that my SD card caught a nice dive guide example moment and thought I'd share. All of this went down as we dropped onto the reef just outside the Channel and started down the corral slope in a sandbox. John stopped the guests...

I'm happy to be the one to pass this information. I've been checking this place out and sure enough it's the real deal island paradise. First, let's cover some basics about getting around and being in Yap. Saying hi - "Mogethin" is the standard greeting, it has a little pronunciation spin on it that will...

Meet Martyn and Paulina from Cambridge. They just wrapped up a week in Palau then pulled a "honeymoon" line in and out of the water here in Yap. They managed to hit a 4 day window and be the only divers on the schedule. They had the shop, boat dock, boats and dive sites to...

In late June/early July we had the distinct pleasure of hosting 7 Aussies from the Gold Coast for 10 days.  They are all friends of Trevor Smith who was the longtime owner of Diversity Dive.  Trevor was accompanied by his wife Tara and young son Drew.  Drew quickly became the darling of the resort and...

Yap Divers and the Manta Ray Bay Hotel 4th of July holiday week on the island - This is today's Yap status report, the latest dive conditions and a demonstration of Bill Acker's custom hospitality game. Unique Dive Vacation Options Private beach party for 10 with a 4 course BBQ and kegged micro-brew, the perfect...

Die Schutzbemühungen rund um die mikronesische Insel Yap trägt Früchte: Seit der Entdeckung des „Stammtisches“ durch Jan Sledsens und das Yap Divers-Team im vergangenen Jahr ist an eben dieser Stelle im Mi'l Channel praktisch kein Tauchgang ohne Manta-Begegnung vergangen. Gerade angesichts der rapide angestiegenen Fischerei auf Mantas und Mobulas freuen wir uns darüber, dass Dr....

Mogethin! Dear Manta Ray Bay friends, Good news! Okay, you might have read the newsline before, but I find it important to go into detail. I recently had the pleasure to chat with the lovely people of Marine Megafauna Foundation, fronted by Dr. Simon Peirce and Dr. Andrea Marshall, one of the leading scientists in...

On the 2nd of May, Bill Acker, Patricia Acker and Jan Sledsens left Yap for quite a trip.  While Patricia split from the group in Honolulu in order to fly to Atlanta to be with her sister, Bill and Jan flew to Denver and then rented a car for the short drive to Fort Collins,...

Recently we had the honor of having 6 divers from Switzerland among our other international dive guests.  Turns out these folks were not a group but just happened to book Yap at the same time and thus naturally became a group.  That’s one of the great things about diving, you see different places, explore different...