Dive Review of Beyond The Reef/O'Keefe's Waterfront Inn in
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Beyond The Reef/O'Keefe's Waterfront Inn: "Good trip!", Feb, 2015, by L ALAN WILLIS, ON, CA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8266.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Beyond the Reef is a no frills operation (bring your own towel, snacks and drinks only) promising small groups, maximum of 4--a big plus for me. On most of the dives I was alone with the guide, on a few there was one other diver. Excellent and experienced guide (Keoni); fairly small boat. No nitrox, but there's really no need--none of the dives are very deep. Tons of mantas in shallow water at Miil Channel during the mating season, which includes February. The divers just hover or perch behind a coral head at about 15 feet and wait. The visibility here is a bit soupy, but the mantas approach to within a few feet, so no problem getting good shots. Best around lunchtime with the brilliant sunshine lighting things up. Quite spectacular. They do the manta site most days for at least one of the dives, except occasionally when a longer trip is scheduled. We also did a couple of great shark dives outside the reef at the Vertigo site--gray reef sharks and blacktips mainly--good visibility here. At the southern end of the island there's a nice swim-through dive--"the caverns" as well as some interesting corals (but the weather has to be reasonably calm for them to reach this area because of the chop during the trip). All in all, while the mantas are the main draw, there is plenty of variety. O'Keefe's is a small and charming hotel next door to the Manta Ray Bay hotel, decorated with architectural antiques that give it a heritage flavor. Good sized rooms, excellent service. Breakfast in the lounge; other meals at a good restaurant across the road--or you can dine next door at the Mnuw restaurant run by the Manta Bay resort on an old Indonesian schooner.
Websites	Beyond The Reef
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Bonaire, Roatan
Closest Airport	Yap	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	27-°C / 81-°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	They didn't have a tank on the boat, but were helpful with the camera equipment at the beginning and end of the dives.

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Dive Review of Beyond The Reef/O'Keefe's Waterfront Inn in Micronesia/Yap

Beyond The Reef/O'Keefe's Waterfront Inn: "Good trip!", Feb, 2015,

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Dive Review of Beyond The Reef/O'Keefe's Waterfront Inn in
Micronesia/Yap