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After having been a crew member on a boat for 15 years, I can tell you from personal experience that the diver to look out for is the one bragging about all their certifications. The guy bragging about his latest "advanced" certification is usually the one I'll be rescuing. To me that plastic...

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Outer Banks Diving will have the Flying Fish in Carolina Beach for about a month beginning April 10. We will be diving the ledges every day weather allows even if there are no paying customers that want to go. Contact Amy for details 252-986-1056. As far as being crowded goes, the ledges...

Get the Apollo from Capt. Tom or elsewhere. They hold up really well to the use and abuse we put them through digging for teeth on the ledges and artifacts on the wrecks. You can cover a lot of ground and do a lot of digging without burning up your air supply. Pretty much indispensible if you...

My elation from a couple of days ago may have been premature. Now, I'm hearing that NOAA may be trying to put up a smokescreen to quell public opposition. They are communicating with individuals who voiced oppostion and telling them the expasion is off, while at the same time continuing to...

You've touched a pretty sore nerve around here. How does taking something out of our backyard and putting it in a museum in Virginia 150 miles away result in a boom for local tourism?

Big news! According to a trusted source NOAA shelved the plan for expanding the Monitor Marine Sanctuary. A NOAA official told him today that an unexpected and overwhelming public outcry has led them to reconsider their position. Guess they thought they could slip one past us but learned...

If only we could know what the plan is. So, far in public and private meetings with NOAA officials they have been completely evasive as to there intentions and would not answer any questions with regard to the plans content or proposed rules that would be in effect. The only specifics given are...

Well, maybe we can legislate that they be protected from hurricanes, nor'eaters, saltwater corrosion, bacterial attack, and all the other things that do way more damage that a diver with a crowbar could ever dream of doing. Or what about depth charging, wire dragging, and the like the...

We are gearing up for a battle and it's going to take your help to win. NOAA is currently making a big push to expand the size and scope of its control. If they get their way, wreck diving in North Carolina and other locations will be a thing of the past - an end to my livelihood and an end to...

On my very last dive I learned that changing a wheel in 42 degree water, lying in the mud with zero vis is a quite a challenge, but that it can be done. Also, don't take a glove off and try to feel your way around. You're fingers go numb almost instantly so you can't feel a thing. Then your hand...

Since I got up at 5 am and just now showered, not to mention 3 130' dives in between, I'll be brief. Today, a crew of divers aboard the Bayou Runner recovered a rather large bell from the wreck of the Proteus . Let you know more later.

Yeah, well the Park Service still hasn't figured out how to keep all that sand out there in place. Then we had this big storm you may have heard about? Anyway, it took a lot of the sand from out there and left it in places like my living room. But, seriously, where it's at it could be swallowed...

Last time out tuna fishing there's been a hard change from 52 to 72. It's still a little far out but keeps theatening to push in. When it does, we're in business - it's warm and blue. It's starting to mix down south, Arrow/Proteus direction, and it's getting into the upper 60's there. Inshore is...

We haven't run a charter there yet. We should start soon, though. It's in a tough location - the current rolls through there most of the time. Gonna be one of those wrecks we have to catch with the right wind. Or possibly with experienced divers who can "dive bomb" it and do a drift dive. As...

not likely unless you've got a really fast boat Most years it should be at least in the mid seventies. Last year was a strange exception. We had a lot of cold upwelling water for some reason. It seemed to be more uncovered than the pictures. Hard to say for sure. Cold water and poor vis...

Check with Nags Head Diving http://www.theoutdoorsinn.com/Scubadiving.htm

Don't forget Hatteras. Our wreck diving is just as good or better than the Moorehead area and we don't have to share the wrecks with a gazillion other boats and divers. Plus, due to our shorter boat rides we don't leave until 8 AM or 9 AM depending on which boat you're on. During peak season we...

I just finished updating our web site. Go to www.outerbanksdiving.com and select the lodging link from the left panel. It's got all the numbers and web site links for every place we could think of that's still standing. Also, let me know what you think of the website. It's the first public...