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Traders Ridge Resort
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The most luxurious resort in Yap, features beautifully appointed air-conditioned rooms, first...
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Yap
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Yap is famous for its clear waters where schools of tuna, dolphins and reef fish are found in abundance. While the clear waters and sheer dropoffs certainly describe Yap's diving, one fact stands above the rest. Yap is the world's foremost destination for seeing manta rays up close and personal. There is no other place on earth where they can be seen on such a consistent basis year round. This fact has catapulted Yap to the top on all lists of the world's finest diving attractions.
Manta Ridge is Yap's most famous site and one that virtually guarantees Manta Ray encounters. Divers drift up Miil Channel on the incoming tide. The 30 meter deep bottom is a gray expanse of gravel, smooth-worn stones and coral: on the left, the channel wall rises straight up to break the surface. Lying about the bottom are White-tip Reef Sharks. More active sharks, Pacific Grays, patrol ceaselessly up and down the channel. Divers move down the channel edge until they come to the coral mound that marks the Manta cleaning station. The small pinnacle rises to about 10 meters. Huge Mantas, some of them 3.5 metres across the wings, make their grand entrance, swooping toward divers in staggered, single file.
The Water Temperature is around 28° C all year round. It is warm enough to wear just a thermo skin, or 3mm neoprene suit.
The visibility often exceeds 50 meters and can top 60 metres. Where there are currents visibility varies from 10 meters up to 30 meters with the average being about 15 to 20 metres.
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