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    The Manta Blog

    Here you can keep up-to-date with the latest events, trips, news, and everything else going on at The Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers.

    Manta Mania – uma Semana de Ciência, Conservação e Muitos Mergulhos em Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 26, 2015
    Texto de: B_rad A primeira edição da Manta Mania, evento anual desenvolvido pelo Manta Ray Bay Resort/Yap Divers, trouxe para nossa ilha um grupo muito especial de mergulhadores para um pacote único incluindo muita vida marinha e um simpósio de ciência cidadã para a conservação. Esse pacote foi totalmente customizado para incluir três mergulhos por dia, mais...
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    Winter Dive Reports

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 25, 2015
    It's manta diving season in full swing. Today I volunteered some bottom time to Julie Hartup's research on Micronesia's mantas by being her lens in the field. There's a couple of things in particular that are on her radar - specifically two pregnant mantas, as well as  status updates on the cleaning station locals. Wintertime research is easy,...
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    Época de Mergulhar pra ver as Mantas Acasalando em Yap!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 13, 2015
    Texto de: B_rad Esta é a época do ano em que as mantas fazem de tudo em frente aos mergulhadores, menos dar à luz; todo tipo de comportamento é observado, em geral com diversos animais avistados a cada mergulho. Esta semana, na chegada dos barcos ao píer ouvimos falar de um encontro com nada menos...
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    Manta Mania Party Report

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    The first annual Manta Mania event brought a group of people together for a very special dive package and big animal citizen science symposium. This was a completely custom itinerary that included three-tank dive days with daily workshops on how our ocean's megafauna are connected to us in the world we share - designed to deliver the...
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    Manta Mating Season Diving

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    This is the time of year when everything manta happens in front of dive groups, with the exception of giving birth, every behavior is seen, typically in multiple animal encounters. Dive reports coming off the dock this morning boasted a 20-manta cleaning station dive. Surprise encounters during channel drifts in M'il are more frequent and all...
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    5 Things About Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on February 10, 2015
    Get to know Yap Yap is a very interesting place that is set on the very fringe of the first world grid. The undeveloped tropical setting and rich traditional culture mix with today's broadband world creating a unique experience. Here are a few interesting things about a place that many people haven't heard about.  ...
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    Semana de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mantas em Yap – Venha Conosco!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on November 26, 2014
    Texto de: B_rad Manta Mania com o Manta Trust na Micronésia! Um evento sobre raias-manta verdadeiramente especial vai acontecer em Yap na primeira semana de fevereiro, em parceria com o Manta Trust. Pesquisadores de renome de mantas e tubarões estarão comandando um simpósio sobre pesquisa de campo com participação de mergulhadores em Yap, onde nossos...
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    YAP NO PANTEÃO DA FAMA DO MERGULHO!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on November 1, 2014
    Texto de: B_rad Amigos do Mergulho e de Yap, O fundador do Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers, Bill Acker, entrou oficialmente para o Panteão da Fama Internacional do Mergulho por seu pioneirismo em estruturar e promover o Mergulho em Yap. A cerimônia de entrada de Bill e mais cinco lendas vivas de nossa...
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    Manta Fest Awards

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on September 7, 2014
    All of this photography-game-stepping-up dive partying peaked with the contest awards banquet full of generous prizes. Everyone took home something from the sponsors. Winners were selected in dSLR and non-dSLR divisions with several categories that included big animals, macro, island/culture, night and Mandarinfish. Participants were also allowed to submit a slideshow where judges weighed in...
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    Manta Fest 2014!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on September 5, 2014
    Texto de: B_rad Segunda-feira passada foi o dia oficial de abertura da Manta Fest, nosso evento anual de fotografia que celebra as mantas e a natureza marinha de Yap. A festa começou mesmo longe daqui, com os primeiros participantes se encontrando e trocando abraços no aeroporto de Manila e uma recepção informal a todos no salão...
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    Manta Fest Status

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on August 30, 2014
    Wrapping up the first week of Manta Fest was an evening on the Crow's Nest bar with the presenters commenting on participants photos from the day's diving... and of course the smoking presentation of some of their shots of Yap and latest work. These guys are putting on workshops, evening presentations and taking appointments over...
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    Chuva e Azul em Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 16, 2014
    Ontem à noite um centro de baixa pressão trouxe chuva para Yap e arredores. Pela manhã, enquanto saíamos para o café a bordo da escuna-restaurante Mnuw aqui no Manta Ray Bay Resort, dei uma olhada no céu tentando adivinhar como seria o dia, mas logo me lembrei das sábias palavras de um guardaparque que conheci há...
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