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The bring dive would be the Morehead City/Radio island bridge there is a public access and little boat traffic in the area you would dive. Again be mindful of the tides. 20min before full high tide and get out as you feel the tide go slack. Should be lots of marine life on the bridge and bring a dive marker/float. Olympus Dive center should be able to answer any questions you have and provide fills.
 
Radio Island is a fun dive if the vis is good 5-10'. Dive at slack high tide. Look on a tide chart for Duke Marine Lab or Piver's Island for an accurate tide time. You can get an easy 1 hr dive. By the end of May, Discovery Diving will offer ferry service over to RI. It's just as easy to walk your gear down to the fence. RI County Beach Park has fresh water showers. Water temps should be in the mid 70's. Macro photography is good. Nudibranchs can be found by the keen-eyed diver.

To dive RI. When the tide time is correct, start at the fence, walk out, place fins on, swim underwater to start of jetty in 5-7' of water to start your descent. swim into the current by turning right, work your way up and down the rocks. ALWAYS KEEP THE ROCKS OFF YOUR SHOULDER depending if you're swimming up or down the jetty. Do not swim off the rocks into the channel. Boat traffic can be heavy on weekends, and divers have no place surfacing in the channel! Even if you have a flag! Stay On The Jetty!
Anyway, swim into the current, then turn around and swim the opposite direction working up and down the rocks. Take a flashlight to look for octopi and other creatures living on the jetty, Please do not take any live shells. Collect all the free fishing lures and weights you want.
To leave the jetty, swim up to the high part of the jetty, but don't surface there, cross the rocks and swim inland until you reach shallower water. It's safer than surfacing at the rocks which are close to the waterway. Use your dive flag!!
A night dive at Radio Island is a unique experience too. Especially during a full moon!

Have Fun!
 
rlskill1:
Radio Island is a fun dive if the vis is good 5-10'. Dive at slack high tide. Look on a tide chart for Duke Marine Lab or Piver's Island for an accurate tide time. You can get an easy 1 hr dive. By the end of May, Discovery Diving will offer ferry service over to RI. It's just as easy to walk your gear down to the fence. RI County Beach Park has fresh water showers. Water temps should be in the mid 70's. Macro photography is good. Nudibranchs can be found by the keen-eyed diver.

To dive RI. When the tide time is correct, start at the fence, walk out, place fins on, swim underwater to start of jetty in 5-7' of water to start your descent. swim into the current by turning right, work your way up and down the rocks. ALWAYS KEEP THE ROCKS OFF YOUR SHOULDER depending if you're swimming up or down the jetty. Do not swim off the rocks into the channel. Boat traffic can be heavy on weekends, and divers have no place surfacing in the channel! Even if you have a flag! Stay On The Jetty!
Anyway, swim into the current, then turn around and swim the opposite direction working up and down the rocks. Take a flashlight to look for octopi and other creatures living on the jetty, Please do not take any live shells. Collect all the free fishing lures and weights you want.
To leave the jetty, swim up to the high part of the jetty, but don't surface there, cross the rocks and swim inland until you reach shallower water. It's safer than surfacing at the rocks which are close to the waterway. Use your dive flag!!
A night dive at Radio Island is a unique experience too. Especially during a full moon!

Have Fun!
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Thank you for the most useful info! What can anyone tell me about Civil War Iron Steamer near the fishing pier and Railroad Bridge located on Hwy 70 on RI? Says, can do at low tide.
 
Can anyone tell me where this photo was taken?

Thanks
 

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Can anyone tell me where this photo was taken?

Thanks
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The photo is taken at the fence at Radio Island. The fence is the starting point for most Radio Island dives. You can walk there from the parking area, or take the shuttle service offered by Discovery Diving. Again, it's just as easy to walk to this point.
 
tddfleming:
Thank you for the most useful info! What can anyone tell me about Civil War Iron Steamer near the fishing pier and Railroad Bridge located on Hwy 70 on RI? Says, can do at low tide.
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Some people still dive the iron steamer, but the day must be near perfect. No waves, no current, clear water, etc. IMHO and FWIW, Radio Island is the best shore dive in that part of NC. The railroad bridge trestle (the high rise between Morehead City and Beaufort) is still dived but very infrequently. Sometimes there is some good flounder gigging at the high rise bridge.
 
rlskill1:
Radio Island is a fun dive if the vis is good 5-10'. Dive at slack high tide. Look on a tide chart for Duke Marine Lab or Piver's Island for an accurate tide time. You can get an easy 1 hr dive. By the end of May, Discovery Diving will offer ferry service over to RI. It's just as easy to walk your gear down to the fence. RI County Beach Park has fresh water showers. Water temps should be in the mid 70's. Macro photography is good. Nudibranchs can be found by the keen-eyed diver.

To dive RI. When the tide time is correct, start at the fence, walk out, place fins on, swim underwater to start of jetty in 5-7' of water to start your descent. swim into the current by turning right, work your way up and down the rocks. ALWAYS KEEP THE ROCKS OFF YOUR SHOULDER depending if you're swimming up or down the jetty. Do not swim off the rocks into the channel. Boat traffic can be heavy on weekends, and divers have no place surfacing in the channel! Even if you have a flag! Stay On The Jetty!
Anyway, swim into the current, then turn around and swim the opposite direction working up and down the rocks. Take a flashlight to look for octopi and other creatures living on the jetty, Please do not take any live shells. Collect all the free fishing lures and weights you want.
To leave the jetty, swim up to the high part of the jetty, but don't surface there, cross the rocks and swim inland until you reach shallower water. It's safer than surfacing at the rocks which are close to the waterway. Use your dive flag!!
A night dive at Radio Island is a unique experience too. Especially during a full moon!

Have Fun!
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What is it about this site that it has to be dived during high slack tide?
Thanks
 
tddfleming:
What is it about this site that it has to be dived during high slack tide?
Thanks
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It will be more like wading with a strong pull towards the ocean otherwise.
 
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