Average depths for reef dives is 60-80 feet and our walls begin at 20 feet and plunge vertically to more than 400 feet. Mild currents occasionally occur on the outside walls, making them excellent for drift dives. Overall, Yap diving is easy and safe. Our reefs are in phenomenal condition, almost pristine. We are blessed with some of the most beautiful coral formations in the Pacific - table corals the size of dinner tables, giant mounds of blue staghorn, golden elkhorn and giant brain corals.
All formations are healthy and robust.
The island of Yap is adjacent to one of the Pacific's deepest submarine trenches, providing the reefs with fresh, cool, clean water on a consistent basis. Mantas, of course. Yap has the largest concentration of manta rays in the world, and they are easily accessible to divers. But, there is more than mantas - lots of sharks, schools of bigeye jacks, schools of blackfin barracudas, extremely colorful tropical reef fish, two species of sea turtles, tons of anemones and clownfish plus a tremendous variety of hard corals. If you are interested in extreme close-up photography, Yap offers an opportunity to photograph rare species such as the fire goby, leaffish, ghost pipefish, longnose filefish, seahorses, mandarinfish, shrimpfish, dragon wrasse and dozens of nudibranches.