2019_Yap_Mantafest

Another successful trip to Yap for Mantafest! Yap remains one of our favorite destination not only because of the diving but also for the cultural experience. The Yapese are warm and friendly people with deep rooted traditions. Also, Manta Ray Bay resort offers great accomodation and food. Not to mention the craft beer brewed on the premises! And, back to the diving, the area offers a wide range of subjects for photography from the majestic Mantas to the multiple species of nudibranchs, not to forget the high adrenaline shark dive at Vertigo. We keep coming back to Yap and every year, we find something new to photograph. Enjoy this small sample of what we found underwater this year in Yap, Micronesia!
Ken's photos are watermarked and the unmarked ones are by Ann.

Goby on Whip Coral
2019 Mantafest day 2
Goby on Whip Coral eith black background
2019 Mantafest day 2
Prop of Circus Wreck with Frank Schneider in the background
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Red Bass perfectly framed on the wreck
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Circus wreck with diver Frank Schneider
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Twirling turbine on wreck
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Map Pufferfish
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Hawksbill Turtle at Slow and Easy dive site
2019 Day2 Mantafest
Crocodile fish
Crocodile Fish with Blur background
Manta Ray
Arceye Hawkfish
Halgerda Nudibranch
?? Nudibranch
?? Blennie
2019 Day4 Mantafest
?? Shrimp
2019 Day4 Mantafest
Fire Dartfish
2019 Day4 Mantafest
Orange Striped Goby
2019 Day4 Mantafest
Arceye Hawkfish in coral
2019 Day4 Mantafest
Sea Cucumber or Monster?
Stingray
Stingray digging in
Lion fish on Lion Wall
Yap Caverns Reef Scene
2019 Day5 Mantafest Yap Caverns
octopus at Yap Caverns
2019 Day5 Mantafest Yap Caverns
Moray Eel Grin
2019 Day5 Mantafest Yap Caverns
Reef Scene at Yap Caverns with Moray being cleaned
2019 Day5 Mantafest Yap Caverns
Moray Eel and cleaner Wrasse
2019 Day5 Mantafest Yap Caverns
Fang Blennie
Moray Eel being cleaned
Round Octopus
Blackside Hawkfish
Blactip Reef Shark
2019 Day 6 Mantafest Vertigo and Stamtisch
Flabellina Nudibranch
Blacktip at Vertigo
Sunrays ib Blacktip Shark
Titan Trigger and Triton Shell
2019 Day6 Mantafest
Cuddling Mandarin fish
2019 Day9 Mantafest
2019 Day6 Mantafest
belly of Blacktip Shark
2019 Day6 Mantafest
Tube Worm Reef Scene
Bumpy Octopus
Full Octopus
Blacktip heading for the bait