Night Diving

Many of our guests ask about the chance of doing night dives, and what do we usually see on these nocturnal adventures beneath the inky-black surface. We have a fantastic site for our night dives, filled with chrinoids, lionfish, eels, sleeping parrotfish and goatfish, flatworms, cowries and sometimes huge triton shells on the move.

Photographers can go at their own pace, taking their time to capture that perfect photo. With little to no current, and depths between 5-50ft /2-15m, those with cameras can relax and focus (pun intended) on taking the photos they're after. We offer nights dives every night of the week, and our minimum number of divers needed, for ANY of our trips, is just one diver!

None of our dives are rushed, as we deal with smaller group sizes and in Yap, nobody should be in a hurry. This is vacation, after all, and we want our guests to be comfortable and not feel like they need to finish the dive because "the time is up". Many of our night dives last 90 minutes or more.

Our night dives include the use of dive lights, or guests are welcome to use their own. We use the powerful Toshiba underwater Halogen lights, bathing the reef in that aqua blue glow making it more likely to spot even the most elusive critters. Our guides carry back-up lights, and the dives are usually done inside the lagoon, providing a safe and calm location for the dives.

We take many divers on their first night dive ever, and on the brief boat ride back to the dock their smiling faces (probably because of the Hot Chocolate we serve) tell tales of incredible new sights and experiences ranging from new found friends among the reef inhabitants to the experience of being underwater at night to surfacing to a dark sky filled with millions of stars and constellations they've only dreamed about.

Night dives present divers with a new perspective of the underwater realm, one that is rarely seen. The nighttime critters become active as the daytime activity settles into the serentity of the tranquil, darkened sea. Join us for a night dive or two on your visit to Yap, and see what all the excitement is really about!