Dive Review of Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers/Manta Bay Resort in
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Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers/Manta Bay Resort : "The land of mantas and stone money", Aug, 2019, by Bonnie McKenna, TX, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 11189 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	If you visit Yap, Manta Bay Dive Resort is the place to stay. The staff, front desk to the restaurant, treat everyone like family. The rooms are very spacious and modern. Each room is named for a marine animal, the door has a carving of the animal and the decor of the room complements the theme. The restaurant is unique, it is an Indonesian phinisi, the S/V Mnuw. The hotel also has its own micro-brewery, the Stone Money Brewing Company. Yap is synonymous with Manta Rays. The owner of the resort, Bill Aker, has been instrumental in developing Yap as a manta sanctuary. The resort maintains a large board with pictures and descriptions of the mantas that visit Yap. Diving to see the mantas is the main activity at the resort. Every need for the divers is accommodated. Rental gear is available. The boats are spacious and clean. The seas are usually accommodating year-round, allowing diving any location around the island, but if the winds are up on one side, the other side will be calm. I did not snorkel, but it is available nor did I shore dive, so I cannot rate it. Land tours are also available. Village visits, stone money banks, snorkeling, kayaking through the mangroves, and much more. I highly recommend Manta Bay Dive Resort. I cannot wait to return.
Websites	Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers Manta Bay Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Palau, Chuuk, Yap, Thailand, Caribbean, so. California, Lembeh, Raja Empats, Guam, Thailand, Comoro Island - Moheli,
Closest Airport	Yap	Getting There	Easiest way to reach Yap is to fly to Japan, to Guam and them Yap. United flies to Yap twice a week.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Recreational dive limitations only.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	An area in the dive shop is set up for photographers. Individual stations with electricity and lights. Dunk tanks are outside on the deck.

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Dive Review of Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers/Manta Bay Resort in Micronesia/Yap

Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers/Manta Bay Resort : "The land of mantas and stone money", Aug, 2019,

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Dive Review of Manta Bay Resort and Yap Divers/Manta Bay Resort in
Micronesia/Yap