As the title of this post indicates, today is about the important things going on here at the Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers.  Those of you who want to hear about manta diving, shark sightings, kayak tours, spas or what have you should tune out now.  This is about a change at the […]

A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his vacation. He wrote: I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?” An immediate reply […]

Yesterday, March 23, 2012, one of the best dive guides in Micronesia took his last boat ride. Accompanied by his daughter, brother, family members as well as members of the Manta Ray Bay staff, Chomed was moved from the Yap State Hospital to his home island of Rumung. He always drove and dived from the […]

Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers is doing a short tour of Europe. We – Bill, Jan, Detlef and Daniel – are looking forward to meeting you at the following watersports shows in continental Europe: FRANCE 13.-16. January, Salon de la Plongee, Paris, France (Key Largo booth) GERMANY 21.-29. January, boot, Düsseldorf, Germany (Hall […]

The Sunntig’s Taucher (Sunday Divers in Swiss German) group of diving friends spent  7 days with us in late December.  This is a group of friends from Bern and Basel, who meet every Sunday to dive the lakes of Switzerland and to travel the world together.  While here, they certainly got their money’s worth as […]

Lonely Planet author and photojournalist TIM ROCK just visited us this week and gave us some great news. His beautiful books are now available in e-book format, to download to your iPhone or iPad. He also has a NEW book out called the Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Palau & Yap. He highlights some of […]

It’s very hard to get all of the staff together at one time as we have a lot of staff, working in different divisions and those divisions never close.  The folks in this photo represent about 2/3 of the Manta Ray family and proudly represent their co-workers who were either working or off when the […]

By Tim Rock (all photos copyright the owners) Manta Fest 2011 had some amazing entries this year and they weren’t all manta photos despite the name of our Fest. The judges commended beautiful shots of sea turtles, reef scenics, macro like mandarinfish and goby potraits, lots of reef shark shots and some beautiful sunrises and […]

By Tim Rock I am now back home in Guam but the shooting continues today, the last photo contest day of Manta Fest in Yap and Manta Ray Bay Hotel. I, of course, have not had time to edit everything and the images here are quick edits done in the room. CLICK HERE to see […]

Story and Video by Tim Rock Here’s a look at the mantas thrilling divers at Manta Fest this year. The new cleaning station is a great place to watch cleaner behavior. More to come soon including village dancers. Tim of the Deep

Story & Photos by Tim Rock Divers had a wonderful sunrise this morning and scattered to all parts of Yap. Some will do Yap Caverns on an all day three-dive trip, a few will go back for mantas and others will try the northern reefs. That will be followed by a traditional village tour and […]

Here’s a look and some of the images from the last 2 days of Manta Fest: CLICK HERE to see them.