North Carolina

[Shawn95]

Hey everybody, I'm headed down to the Moorehead City area and would like to dive the U-352 and the Papoose. Is there a good shop to go through while I'm there and do they rent out reliable doubles. I will be on holidays and cannot bring mine.

 

[DandyDon]

I dived both wrecks the last weekend in May, and a few others. Viz was reduced at depth, and a few got uke: sea sick the first day, but I just enjoyed the adventure. Challenges are okay is they don't stop me from diving.

I got out there a day before the Dallas Texas group I was joining, and tried to go with Olympus - the big shop in the area. Made it almost out before the skipper told us he had bad reports on conditions, and we turned around. Do a SEARCH on them and you'll find a lot of good comments, but I've read bad. Like the majority voting on nearby shallow dives, so they could collect shells, and the skipper was happy to save on fuel.

My Dallas group went out on Diver Down, with Red Wet and Blue Group Sponsor. I just posted something on them the other day. Let me see if I can copy it here...

Morehead City & Atlantic Beach

I booked with a Group Sponsor who used to live in NC, now in Dallas Texas, and things couldn't have been better. I'm not computer litterate, but you can find Red Wet Blue Diving with a Google search easily enough. Or call Kamala at 214-350-7002.

She coordinates EVERYTHING, starting with being picked up at Raliegh Durham airport. Her packages include transportion from RDU to Atlantic Beach, rooms at Fishermens Inn, dive trips with Diver Down, even breakfast snacks and lunch sandwichs on the boat. She also provides van transport to supper at night.

She is picky - requiring AOW. I dove 30% EAN in 100 cf tanks on 4 wrecks, and 28% on two deeper wrecks we opted for one day. This is adventure diving, and the trips can be rough, but she supplies Sea Sick pills, too. We had Captain Bobby, two dive masters and Kamala on every dive - always with at least two of them in the water with us. And the couple who runs the F-Inn is like family, only nicer. Served us dinner on the dock Saturday night! Man, it was all good.

She has one more trip this year: October 3 arrivals, 4-6 three days of diving, 7th returns.

 

[Shawn95]

Thanks for your response, I will look into these guys. I am heading down in two weeks however so hope they have something for September. No prob on the AOW for my wife and I.

 

[inkabodpain]

hi & welcome to the boards.

 

[DandyDon]

She's there with a group now, and will be again in October, but not between. But I just called Capt Bobby Cox's phone to see what parts of his web site are up to date, and I got him just returning from the day's diving. (Gawd, but I'd like to be there now.) Anyway...

Diver Down's site is Diver Down Scuba Diving.com and most of it is current. Good links to wreck sites and such.

Bobby's phone number is 252-240-2043. He's not actually using the schedule link in his web site, but he tells me that he's:
(a) Totally full Labor Day Weekend;
(b) Open the next weekend, which I guess is about when you're going; and
(c) I didn't ask about other weekends

He docks right at Fishermen's Inn: 252-726-2273. You don't have to stay there to go out with Bobby, but it's very convenient, and Billy & Barbara are such nice folks. (I think bobby's wife's name starts with a B, too, but I'm not sure.)

On return from diving, Bobby stops to refuel before going to the motel, and if you're lucky :moon: you can moon Olympus when they come by. I got to once; Kamala was awfully upset, but I think Bobby thought it good?

Anyway, when you call, tell them Dandy Don said Howdy.

 

[Aquacatfighter]

welcome aboard!

Dive safe !

Deb