Dive Review of Traders' Ridge in
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Traders' Ridge, Apr, 2006, by Dennis Lewis, ca, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 2551.
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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	Werner Lau closed up shop the week before we got to Yap. Traders' Ridge hired a DM to run the shop and a local boat captain and diving guides. Very nice people and they certainly tried to make the dives interesting. That said, four days of the Manta Cleaning Station was three days too much for my wife and I. The four other divers started each day with the chant, "Manta, manta, manta!" We saw five rays the first day. None after that. Viz was around 20 feet in the channel. Four days of hanging out on the sand, 20' viz and nothing to look at. Great fun! Only on the last day did we manage a different local - 1:2. Here we saw hundreds of tropical fish including two lion fish, sole, pair of filefish and a lot of healthy hard corals. A wonderful dive, but it really made the point that we spent too much time sitting in the sand, waiting for manta rays. There is so much more to see here. Also, if you are going all the way to Yap, spend the extra and stay and Traders' Ridge. Great staff, great rooms and wonderful food.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Cayman Brac, Hawaii, Palau, California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	75-80°F / 24-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay near a guide.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	fresh water on the dock, that's it.

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