Dive Review of Beyond the Reef/Traders' Ridge Resort in
Micronesia/Yap

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Beyond the Reef/Traders' Ridge Resort, Sep, 2003, by Julian Lamborn, TX, USA . Report 728.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The accommodation and food at Traders' Ridge is first class and the staff there do everything to ensure the visitor has no problems. The Beyond the Reef dive operation is very good and uses small fast boats (with canopies) suitable for up to four divers. The dive-staff are very helpful and handle all the gear including set-ups and washing. The dive operation is run by Dave (an ex-pat) and he has very competent divemasters...particularly Gordon (a very helpful Yapese). The hard coral on Yap is, for the most part, in excellent condition but there is little or no soft coral. Saw mantas (not a lot) and many sharks (nurse, white tip, black tip and reef). Lots of reef fish life. September is not the best time to visit Yap, February is considered the best time to see mantas. The weather was a bit rainy one day (out of six diving days), but the vis was up to 100' on occasion. Couldn't dive Mi'l channel because of tides/vis, but did dive Yap Caverns at the southern tip of the island:....awe inspiring. All in all a great trip and worth 15 hours in a plane!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Red Sea, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef (Cod Hole), Micronesia (Truk & Palau), Hawaii, Pacific Northwest, Sea of Cortez
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	Takje your own equipment and develop the films when back home:...Yap has no good photoprocessing facilities

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Dive Review of Beyond the Reef/Traders' Ridge Resort in Micronesia/Yap

Beyond the Reef/Traders' Ridge Resort, Sep, 2003,

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Dive Review of Beyond the Reef/Traders' Ridge Resort in
Micronesia/Yap