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  1. WinfieldNC

    What was some of your most memorable dives

    Diving the Aeolus and the Spar out of Morehead, NC in December of 2020. Sand tiger aggregation.
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    NC: Charlotte Area diving

    You’re about an hour and half closer to Wilmington, NC than you are to the Morehead area. There is good diving out of Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach. Aquatic Safaris is a dependable operation. They go to a variety of wrecks and ledges. I dive with them frequently. Morehead has several good...
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    Locations for new diver interested in sand tiger sharks

    The sand tigers are out right now. They’re seen in larger numbers in the Morehead/Atlantic Beach area. The wrecks where sand tigers are most commonly seen are the Aeolus, Spar, Papoose, and I did see 3-4 on the Schurz on Saturday. All of these wrecks are 100’-120’. Sand tigers can also be seen...
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    Info List of 45 and 50 pound doubles donut wings

    Dive Rite’s Rec Series wing has 45 lbs of lift. I’ve been very happy with it. https://www.diverite.com/products/wings/rec-series/
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    NC coast diving tips and tricks

    @GreggS said sums it up. Here’s the Hyde from a few years ago. I have videos of the Markham and the Gill posted as well.
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    Verifying dives

    When I did a little diving in Europe a few years this was very popular. Even individual divers had custom stamps made for stamping other log books. After the dive people would stamp each other’s log, date it and have a beer. Definitely extra work but kind of fun. No real point to it though...
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    NC coast diving tips and tricks

    I’m not familiar with the WD-4. The John D Gill is called the WR4 sometimes if that’s what you mean. It’s a good dive. I’ve seen octopus and sand tigers there.
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    NC coast diving tips and tricks

    Aquatic Safaris goes to the Hyde a lot. It’s a good dive and usually has a few sand tigers on it. It’s 18 miles offshore. The farther you get offshore the better the vis gets. Some of my favorite wrecks out of Wrightsville Beach are the Normannia, Cassimir, and the City of Houston. If you get...
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    Trip Report Belize Feb 2021 Trip Report

    What's your recommendation for dealing with the biting insects? We're heading to Ramon's at the end of May. Thanks
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    Year-round charters near NC?

    Discovery Diving’s six pack boat will run at this time of year if they get enough divers. Instigator Fishing and Diving will too.
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    Spearfish / Meg Dive Buddy Wilmington

    I sent you an email.
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    Easiest U-boat to dive in the Eastern coast?

    The U-352 is considered a war grave and penetration is illegal. I have no idea about the others.
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    Just finished OW training looking at advanced OW

    To speak to point #2 we also know that the brain metabolizes oxygen faster than the rest of the body. It certainly seems like nitrox could cut down on narcosis some. “While making up only a small fraction of our total body mass, the brain represents the largest source of energy...
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    SeaMonster at Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo?

    In post #8 of this thread you can see a couple of sand tigers resting on the bottom in the first minute of the video exactly as @RyanT described. This was in NC this past December.
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    SeaMonster at Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo?

    Like others have said Sand Tigers swarm some of the NC wrecks. They leave you alone.
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    Florida Trimix Course recommendations

    I haven't had Jon as an instructor but I have been out on charters in NC when he was teaching and I have spent some time talking to him between dives and I have been very impressed with him. He's just as you describe.
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    Steve_C (Steve Campbell)

    I met Steve Campbell a couple times on Aquatic Safaris’ boat and at Mystery Lake. This is another reminder that life is short.
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    Need help Identifying this long black fish

    This is a shot I took in NC. You can see the flash lighting up the two in the middle while the others look darker.
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    Getting rusty (in more ways than one)

    I do have a few tips/advantages: 1. I sign up a lot. Almost every weekend for both Saturday and Sunday hoping that one charter will make it out. I live in Cary and it's 2.5 hour drive for me to get to Wilmington. I can leave that morning and catch a boat that leaves at 8:30am without a problem...
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    Getting rusty (in more ways than one)

    This was one of my best years diving NC. I made 47 ocean dives off the NC coast this year. I had the highest percentage of dives make it out this year than in the past three years. There are a couple of operators still currently running charters. I had three charters make it out this December.
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