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RAINBOW REEF

mandarin_mating Depth:
9-30 ft | 3-10 m
Visibility:
15-50 ft | 5-15 m
Current:
0-1 mph | 0-2 km/h

Dominant features
Inshore reef, located in front of O’ Keefe’s Island. The “balconies“ of staghorn corals are home to the biggest population of Mandarinfishes in Yap (and also within the entire range of distribution), which makes it a photographers’ favorite during mating time in the evening hours.

Coral
Due to its proximity to the coast, Rainbow Reef ist very much influenced by the mangrove forests and not as rich in corals as the outer reef. Still there is a good variety of hard corals.

Fish life
Mandarinfishes in the shallows. Also lionfishes, juvenile barracudas, eels, reef lobsters, and critters like pipefishes. On the sandy patches in the very shallows, you may find octopuses or cuttlefish.

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Manta Ray Bay Resort

4.8

Jim Reilly

11:27 21 Mar 18

We stayed at the hotel and dove with Manta Ray divers in early December 2017. The hotel is very comfortable, well run and staffed with wonderful employees. During our visit my wife came down with an illness and the consideration and support from the hotel and dive staff could not have been better.read more

Sandy Stinson

16:03 03 Mar 18

The staff couldn't be more friendly and accommodating. Food is good, (worth upgrading to include all meals). Diving is good too.read more

Alex Divinsky

17:24 01 Jan 18

The best place to stay in Yap. The resort is really nice and clean, the scuba diving is great, and the docked ship that houses the bar, restaurant, and movie screen is very cool. I really enjoyed my stay here.read more

ASALI

10:44 01 Jan 18

Offers one of the best accommodation service. It also has a uniquely designed restaurant.

Yi-Hsin Lin

00:53 21 Feb 17

The whole place centers around the scuba diving operation. Probably better to find somewhere else if you're not a diver. The dive operation was generally good, but a little too laid back - schedules weren't always clear, and sometimes would change without any notice. Sometimes it was hard to tell if this was really because of changing tides/weather or because of the island pace of life. Pizza is a surprisingly good option at the restaurant.read more

William Myers

21:01 21 Jul 18

Great hotel. Have stayed twice.

Emily Caquelin

04:10 02 Aug 18

Manta Ray Bay Resort is a great dive resort with extremely hospitable staff.

Daniel Granzer

11:40 23 Aug 18

We were from 11.08 to 18.08 at the Manta Ray Bay resort and had unforgettable days there 😍In total we made 12 dives with wonderful encounters. Highlights were, of course, the manta rays in the Goofnuw Channel and many white tip reef sharks in the Shark City 🦈 But also we saw eagle rays, turtles 🐢 and buffalo head parrotfish. The hotel is beautiful and the whole team does a great job there. The food on the ship Mnuw, as well as the home-brewed beer are excellent. Thank you again to the whole team of Manta Ray Bay Resort and Yap Divers 👏🏼We also did a one-day land tour to explore the many beautiful places of this unique island. The beach is like in paradise🏝, stone money and relics from the second world war very worth to see! You find there also culturally typical houses with different meaning and use! It would be nice if more visitors would come to this great island and appreciate the great work that is done there! Anyway, we really enjoyed it and would come back anytime 🙏🏻✌🏼read more

Jonathan Gapith

10:31 19 Sep 18

Best dive resort around, amazingly friendly staff and great food on the mnuw

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