The Beauty of Yap family dive adventure with Kids Sea Camp

Kids Sea Camp is at Manta Ray Bay in Yap

Margo, Tom, Jen Peyton, along with Fraser & Sophie Purdon, are leading Kids Sea Campers around the globe to Yap and Palau.  See more in our Facebook photo album. Yap sure gives us memories to last a lifetime.

We have learned the legend of Stone Money, walked through the villages of Yap, and met the beautiful people of this amazing little Island.  We have shared their home, their food, learned about their cultures, and enjoyed their company.

Arrive at Manta Ray Bay

Our rooms overlook the sea, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided on an ancient sailing vessel called the Mnuw. Sunsets on the Crows’ nets are spectacular. Taro Leaf Spa for relaxing after a tough day of diving, and fresh, frosty Yap beer served poolside during happy hour. The kids have enjoyed diving, beaches, educational hikes, Kayak tours, and Digital photo dives with their new SeaLife cameras.

How is that to start your diving career?

Sophie and Lilly earned their Jr. Open Water rating and completed their final dive with sharks and a Manta.  Mrs. Sarin and Mrs. MacDonald hit their 100 Dives here at Manta Ray Bay during Kids Sea Camp and were honored with Mantas saluting them overhead.

Morning coffee, off we go, 2 dives for adults and kids, a wonderful sunny day, lunch, and afternoon dives as a family. That’s not all, if you want more, we also enjoy dusk dives in the mangrove to spot the little Mandarin fish.

Still not done?

Dinner is waiting with slide shows of the day’s find. Night dives or snorkeling are always waiting for you. Tom Peyton got us singing and started the first Kids Sea Camp Youth Basketball club. Tyler is coaching, and dads are trying to find their game. Lying by the pool, the ladies sip their coconut drinks, soaking up the sun and thinking about the next activity.

Diving has been hard to beat

Macro and reef dives, Vertigo sharks, Goofnuw channel for manta, Napoleon rass, Munk head parrot fish, leaf fish, and more. Yellow wall and Cabbage Patch, Miil Cannel’s and Magic Kingdom, Gapow reef, and Lion fish wall, just to name a few.   Surface intervals are spent playing among wild dolphins. We watch them jump and spin alongside our boats, and yes, even jump in to have a closer look at the moms and babies, too.

Pilot whales, white tips, black tips, grey reefs, and Yap showed us sharks galore! But best of all are those beautiful Manta Rays that will dance in our heads for the rest of our days.

7 days have flown by, and we are sad to go. We will return to Yap again, but for now we look on to Palau… (See the KSC gallery)