Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in
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Manta Ray Bay, Jun, 2013, by Michael J. Millet, CA, US ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 59 Helpful votes). Report 7024.
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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
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Comments	This was my 3rd visit to Manta Ray Bay Hotel (MRBH). After catching the usual late night flight from Guam, we were greeted by a cheery staff person at the Yap airport. Our rooms were ready for us at this late hour with the paperwork waiting until the next morning. My AC drainage line was plugged up so there was a large puddle on the floor. The resort resolved this problem in short order. With our very late arrival, we took the next day off from diving and enjoyed the start of the Yap rainy season. Our rooms were spacious with an private immersion pool outside the patio doors. The rooms are a bit dark and could use some additional electrical outlets. The water in the rooms is potable. We had most of meals in the Mnuw Restaurant, an old sailing vessel from Indonesia; a very unique dining setting. The food from the restaurant is pretty average with breakfast being the most savory meal. We ate most lunches on the dive boat because we opted for the 3 dive package. The lunches were very forgettable. Dinners were at the Mnuw ordering from a menu that was mostly pub grub. 3 or 4 specials were offered each night but they did not seem to vary much from day to day. I usually had the fish sandwich of rare yellowtail tuna, which was quite good. The restaurant features Stone Money Brewery Beer that is brewed at the resort. The beer is tasty but sometimes a bit flat. The diving is done from skiffs that offer cover, tank holders, lots of dry storage, towels, water, snacks and camera rinse. Our dive guides were friendly, helpful and well acquainted with the local reefs. Unfortunately, our manta encounters were minimal but it wasn't due to lack of trying. We spent several hours out at the Stamm cleaning station waiting in vain for the pelagics to appear, but they we no-shows. Apparently, they were gathering at the cleaning stations on the windward, northeast reef. Due to the currents and sea conditions, we were only able to dive here on one day; we did have a great, 25 minute manta encounter. The Vertigo dive site is a great place for encounters with gray reef and blacktip sharks. We did 3 dives at the Slow and Easy dive site, which is at least 1 dive too many. The dive crew was flexible and accommodating moving our dive departure time a bit earlier since we were ready to go at 8:00 am. We had one diver that had trouble keeping this schedule so the dive shop accommodated all of us by assigning her to another boat. The dive shop has large rinse tanks for gear and cameras and a dive gear storage area. MRBH has a very friendly, easy-going atmosphere that will probably get me back there for a 4th time. But next time I will not go in the rainy season (June-September).
Websites	Manta Ray Bay
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos, Solomon Islands, PNG, GBR, Vanuatu, Palau, Philippines, Indonesia, Yap, Kosrae, Truk, Fiji, Socorros, All over the Caribbean.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-120 Ft/ 9-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No Deco
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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	Manta Ray Bay Hotel (MRBH) offers diving thru Yap Divers. This dive operator provides fresh water rinse on the dive skiffs for cameras and has large, dedicated camera rinse tanks at the dive shop. The camera room is adequate with work stations, lights, and air. Yap has healthy reefs of mostly hard corals; the nudibranch photo ops did not seem has plentiful as previous visits.

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Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in Micronesia

Manta Ray Bay, Jun, 2013,

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Dive Review of Manta Ray Bay in
Micronesia