Who to dive with in NC?

[flounderer]

Angela,

Keep me updated, there is a good chance I might see you on the boat. PM me if you have any questions about the diving in the area.

Take care,
Pat

 

[NCSCUBADOOBA]

my girlfriend and i are doing the hyde at 7:30 am on july 1st!!!! come on!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[packman]

That should be fun! I hope y'all have a great dive!!

 

[NCSCUBADOOBA]

Thank you!!! We are getting a dive guide to go with us. My buddy is Nitrox and I'm just not LOL...

 

[Marlinspike]

with the wrecks we'll be diving, you might find something to take home...a trinket or a critter.

Come join us...it's going to be a blast!

Nothing fun about removing "critters" from their habitat for your entertainment. Please leave the critters alone and take only trash (some people call these things artifacts) or seashells. Please be responsible and make sure nothing is living in the shells though. Infant octopi commonly live in the shells around NC wrecks, for example.

~Marlinspike

 

[packman]

Uhm, when I talk about taking critters, I'm referring to things such as flounder and lobster. No one minds when you take these. And they aren't for my "entertainment", if I'm removing them from the water, I'm going to eat them. As for trinkets, one of our wrecks is a cargo freighter that went down in a storm around 100 years ago with a full cargo load. Divers can still find things like china among the wreck. Shark teeth are also a common find around the wrecks. Personally, I don't care for shells.

 

[Jeff Toorish]

If you are newly certified and want to dive in NC, I would recommend Discovery Diving in Morehead City. The other operation, Olympus, is pretty good, but their boats are bigger and there are a lot more divers usually, which can be a little initmidating for a new diver. I've done dives with both operations and I perfer Discovery because they are smaller and there seems to be a bit more attention to the customer. Ask for Captain Leroy at discovery, he's terrific.

I second the opinion that for your first dives in the area, go for the Indra. It is a relatively easy dive, about 76' to the bottom if I recall correctly.

The one thing to remember about diving around there is it can be hit or miss because of the weather.

 

[gumshoe]

Infant octopi?

Geez.

I take it you don't spearfish, Marlinspike.

 

[packman]

I find that little octopi are good for paella.

 

[BigWhiteSquare]

I find that little octopi are good for paella.

Or slingshot ammo.