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Getting used to the new – hopefully temporary – normal – Bill’s Update #3
in Bill's UpdatesThe situation here at Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers is strange. After more than 33 years in business there are no divers to dive and talk with. Most…
Sitting Out the Corona Crisis on Yap – Bill’s Update #2
in UncategorizedYou will notice that we are in the 2nd week of updates on how we’re dealing with the corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak. In reality we’re in week #8 as the…
Sitting Out the Corona Crisis on Yap – Bill’s Update
in Bill's Updates“What a difference a day makes”………….Most of us know Dinah Washington’s hit from the 50’s, but for the Manta Ray Bay Family, that day was definitely January 31 of this…
Bill’s Favorite Dive Site: Caverns
in UncategorizedMy favorite Yap Dive Site, by Bill Acker. With over 17,000 dives in Yap and having found & named most of our dive sites, it’s really hard for me to…
Staff Spotlight: Lee
in UncategorizedFor those of you who have stayed/dived with us, Lee is the first Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers team member you’ll meet after having cleared Immigration and Customs.…
David Fleetham Blackwater Photos
in UncategorizedBlackwater diving is underway in Yap. Thank you David Fleetham for contributing these takes and being on our first blackwater explorations. These initial expedition dives were conducted off of Yap’s…
NEW Manta Ray IDs
in UncategorizedManta Ray Research cont… the Yap manta ray ID database just grew by two. These photos help unveil the lives of these mysterious animals and have guided local conservation and…
MantaFest 2019 Winners
in UncategorizedMantaFest 2023 – www.MantaFest.com BEST OF SHOW: Sheila Ott overall winning photo was “squid cannibalism” of a pelagic diamond head squid eating another one of it’s own species. Shot at…
Photo/Video Workshops 2019
in UncategorizedSummer season in Yap includes our annual Photo/Video workshop event, MantaFest where the resort is bustles all day with diving, good times and photo/video training. Our daily workshop schedule is…
2018 MantaFest Champions
in UncategorizedBest of Show – Jim Decker Best in Class dSLR – Dan Norton Best in Class Compact – Lee Shinwoong