new diver coming to nc

[swampduck]

hi,all moving to jacksonville,nc the weekend before memorial weekend and doing my cert. dives the weekend before that.Just wanted to say HI.

 

[RICHinNC]

Hey swamp,
You are gonna love the diving off the coast of NC. We have some great wrecks to see. Everything from cargo ships to German U boats.

If you are free....on Sunday the 30th of this month (Memorial day weekend)
a bunch of us are going to Rawlings Lake VA and doing a dive get together. It
would be about a 3 1/2 hour or so drive for you. We all plan on getting there around
9 am and diving all day...eating....and basically enjoying the sun. You are most welcome to join us.

If you think you can go, shoot me a pm and I will describe our cars and us so you can pick us out. I will be off pc for about 4 days....got to go to a wedding!! Later

 

[swampduck]

Thanks for the invite RICHinNC i'll talk it over with the wife and get back to ya. In my eyes i'd love to(but have to talk to her).If i can go(if i'm up to it after riding 20hrs down there and unloading) can i ride along with someone? Tony

 

[Lead_carrier]

Welcome to the south Swamp. Like Rich was saying, some fantastic wrecks off the coast and some great swamp diving down in South Carolina. contrags on getting certified also.

 

[Scubamedicjoe]

welcome to NC and scuba board , as others stated you will love the summer diving , well winter can be hazardous at time lol.but as others stated there are few of us trying to get together end of may , myself still waiting word from boss to get off . i was suppose to dive the Saturday before but don't look like i will make that one go figure.
anyway look around ask lots of questions lots of dive operators and most are pretty good and reliable , mother nature with weather is your worst culprit in NC.

 

[swampduck]

Thanks everyone. I'll keep my eyes open.

 

[Diver294]

I moved to the Swansboro area last October and have been looking for decent shore dive sites with very little luck.

A shop in Beaufort said the best shore dive is probably the jetty on Radio Island at slack high tide. I haven't tried it yet but would like to give it a go if anyone is interested.

I got my OW Cert last May in Massachusetts before moving here and have only dived a half dozen times, none deep, and no wrecks. I don't know if I'm ready for wrecks yet unless they are shallow. (looking into my AOW locally this summer)

Feel free to drop me a line if you want to dive something local.

 

[fireflock]

A shop in Beaufort said the best shore dive is probably the jetty on Radio Island at slack high tide. I haven't tried it yet but would like to give it a go if anyone is interested.

Discovery Diving in Beaufort is doing a night dive at Radio Island on Friday. I think it's free, aside from any rental gear or tanks that you need. I can't make it to this one, but it would be a good chance to learn the site.