I spent July 17-20 diving in Morehead City, NC with Olympus Dive Center. A great trip and great dive operator. Highly recommended.
BOAT: Olympus
SAFETY BRIEFING: Very thorough
All of the sites were wrecks. At each wreck, the DM would descend and lay out a 250’ wreck line from where the descent/ascent line was secured to the wreck. This was useful as some of the wrecks had very little, if any, superstructure left in parts and were nothing more than a debris field.
DAY 1: Weather was rough, so we stayed closer to shore.
J J Franesconi Tug: 65’ depth, largely still intact, 60’ visibility
Indra: 65’ depth, bow and stern mostly intact but middle section essentially gone. Wreck is 328’ long, so stayed at bow area where we anchored.
DAY 2: Weather was better, so made it farther offshore.
2 dives on Caribesea: 90’ depth, 206’ long, middle section essentially gone. LOTS of sand tiger sharks
DAY 3: Weather rougher again, stayed closer to shore
Ario (aka Hutton): 70’ depth, 450’ long, middle section essentially gone.
Indra (again)
DAY 4: Weather rough again, stayed closer to shore
J J Franesconi Tug (again)
Suloide: Wreck of boat that hit the Aria (after it had already sunk). Wreck has been dynamited and drug so very little structure left. 60’ depth, 30’ visibility. Not much to see at the site
And for those interested in literary history, the shop is right next to the Cricket II, the fishing boat that inspired Peter Benchley to write Jaws.
BOAT: Olympus
- 25 passenger, majority of seating area is covered
- 65’ aluminum hull
- Marine head
- Separate enclosed “lounge” area with benches, tables, and AC
- Sundeck near bow which holds 8
- Fresh water and pineapple at surface intervals, cooler for storing lunch/snack
- AED, emergency oxygen, and two 2nd stage regs hanging off back 15’ deep when diving in case someone needs air so they can still do safety stop
SAFETY BRIEFING: Very thorough
All of the sites were wrecks. At each wreck, the DM would descend and lay out a 250’ wreck line from where the descent/ascent line was secured to the wreck. This was useful as some of the wrecks had very little, if any, superstructure left in parts and were nothing more than a debris field.
DAY 1: Weather was rough, so we stayed closer to shore.
J J Franesconi Tug: 65’ depth, largely still intact, 60’ visibility
Indra: 65’ depth, bow and stern mostly intact but middle section essentially gone. Wreck is 328’ long, so stayed at bow area where we anchored.
DAY 2: Weather was better, so made it farther offshore.
2 dives on Caribesea: 90’ depth, 206’ long, middle section essentially gone. LOTS of sand tiger sharks
DAY 3: Weather rougher again, stayed closer to shore
Ario (aka Hutton): 70’ depth, 450’ long, middle section essentially gone.
Indra (again)
DAY 4: Weather rough again, stayed closer to shore
J J Franesconi Tug (again)
Suloide: Wreck of boat that hit the Aria (after it had already sunk). Wreck has been dynamited and drug so very little structure left. 60’ depth, 30’ visibility. Not much to see at the site
And for those interested in literary history, the shop is right next to the Cricket II, the fishing boat that inspired Peter Benchley to write Jaws.
