Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in
Micronesia/Yap

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Manta Ray Bay, Jun, 2009, by Martha & Jeff Hubbard, ny, US ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 5073.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We went to Manta Ray Bay for the mantas, and we saw, admired, and photographed a lot of mantas. The well-kept Yap secret, though, is that the diving on the fringing reef is magnificent . . . as good as most reef dives in Palau or Fiji. The dive guides are careful and attentive. “Can you get me where I can photograph mantas head-on instead of shooting up toward the surface?” Answer: “That’s my job” – and he did! The accommodations at MRB are excellent (occupancy was low when we were there.) We had a spacious and well air-conditioned room on the first floor with a little outside “dip pool” which was enjoyable. The dining isn’t up to the high standards of the diving and accommodations. The restaurant is an Indonesian ship, imaginatively restored and converted to a three-level restaurant and bar before being sailed to Yap. Breakfast was good, and the dinner pizza was tasty, but almost all other food draws on Yapese cuisine to the near exclusion of what is likely to appeal to Americans or Europeans. We aren’t picky eaters, and in twenty-five years of dive resorts and boats around the world we have eaten and enjoyed some odd stuff, but Yapese food was beyond us. The morning dive returns between 12 and 12:30 but the restaurant doesn’t open until - 2:30! There is a nice, much cheaper and air-conditioned place for lunch across the road. Typically two morning dives, one in the afternoon, one at night - dive when you want. No shore diving from the hotel property – we never heard about anywhere else, either. The dive boats are comfortable and the runs to dive sites are scenic. The guides are personable and expert, and will plan dives to accommodate travel plans. One explained to us that we were going to one manta channel two days running because other divers were leaving the next day. A very nice touch – how many dive guides explain why they’re taking you where they are? Nitrox if you want it - don't really need it - but no facility for O2 analysis. Visit Yap for the mantas – they are magnificent - but get in a few reef dives, too.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, PNG, Fiji, Australia, Hawai'i, Palau, Truk, Brazil
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Safe place for camera on boat but no table or tank. Guides help with camera and are excellent at positioning photographers for best manta shots. Photo pro Julie was extremely expert & helpful.

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Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in Micronesia/Yap

Manta Ray Bay, Jun, 2009,

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Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in
Micronesia/Yap