Daily Dive Trips

Our daily dive trips visit all of Yap's best sites, including the famous manta rays. Our departure times vary each day, depending on the destination. When diving with the mantas, we need to run our boats in accordance with the local tides. Our manta dives can depart as early as 6:30 am, up until about 12 noon. For the reefs and walls, we usually have a departure time of 8:30 am, but we are flexible with our schedules to better suit the needs of our guests.

Although many guests prefer a single two-tank dive trip, we offer additional dives throughout each day. Third tanks, fourth tanks, sunset mandarinfish dives and night dives are offered daily. We have some critter-intense sites just minutes from our dock, making for perfect afternoon dives.

Beyond The Reef started operations in January 1993 under the direction of Jesse Faimaw, the island's very first dive guide, and Dave Vecella. Their dive vacation philosophy is simple:

• Small guided groups are fun and relaxed
• Personal attention to all of our guests
• Knowledgeable local guides for experience
• Come as a customer ~ Leave as a friend.

With smaller group sizes you won't be diving in a crowd, so the mantas, sharks, eagle rays, and schools of pelagics come closer and stay. Underwater photography is a dream come true when your subjects swim towards your lens, not fleeing from too many divers.

Beyond The Reef's professional staff will guide you to the best diving Yap has to offer, from the gentle mantas of Miil Channel and Valley of the Rays, to the spectacular walls, reefs and sheer drop-offs at the southern end of the island. Sites with names like Yap Caverns, Lionfish Wall, and Magic Kingdom. And snorkelers can see the mantas too, so why not bring the whole family?

As a member of the PADI Resort Association, we've exceeded high standards for safety and quality in the services we provide our guests. Beyond The Reef has a full line of rental equipment for those traveling light, and we provide free transportation between all hotels in the town of Colonia.

Our waterfront facility is located at the Marina Center, right in the heart of town. We have secure overnight equipment storage with sturdy hangers, freshwater showers, equipment rinse tanks, designated camera rinse basins, a camera work table, battery charge station, classroom and gift shop, all at the water's edge. All of our tanks are standard aluminum 80 cu. ft. fitted with both standard and DIN valves, so there's no need for our friends from Europe to bring DIN adapters.

Most guests prefer good 'ole air in their tanks, which is fine for all of Yap's diving since the sites are shallow, but we do offer a 32% Nitrox mix for those interested in either extending their bottom times or adding that extra margin of safety. Our guides are trained in Nitrox as well, so the guests using enriched air won't be limited to air divers in the small group.

We structure our dive profiles to fit your needs. We let you dive your own profile and we won't be telling you that "the bottom time is up". Many of our guests have dives longer than 90 minutes, and that's fine with us.

Have a special request or need? Let us know if we can help. We also have a variety of hotel / resort / dive packages for every budget. We have a full time dive instructor on staff in addition to several dive guides to make the most of your dive experience in Yap. Our guides have all been diving in Yap day after day, and year after year, and are some of the most knowledgeable on the island.

Get the most out of your dive vacation with Beyond The Reef. From manta rays and sharks, to night dives and mandarinfish. Dive Yap the way it was meant to be.