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The Continental USA/Morehead City NC

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Olympus Dive Center: "Very Good Diving off Morehead City, North Carolina", Jul, 2018, by Joseph Muratore, NY, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10483 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We drove down to Morehead City from Long Island, NY. We had arranged for five days of two tank boat diving with Olympus Dive Center, and accommodations at the Olympus Dive Center “Dive Lodge”. The Dive lodge was just a bunkhouse, rustic but clean, some rooms having 4 bunks and some having 8. If you don’t mind sharing a bathroom and showers with other people, and bunking with up to 8 people in a room, then it is definitely worth the $20/night. The dive operation and boat were very good. The main problem is the weather: out of the five days, the first two were blown out due to heavy swells. And on the last three days, it was certainly dive-able but still rough. The wrecks were great, though it was too rough to go out to the deepest ones, 100ft deep and deeper. But even the shallower wrecks, 50-90 ft deep, were covered with massive amounts of fish, including sand tiger sharks on every dive. The best of the shallower wrecks that we visited was the Caribsea, at about 90 ft. North Carolina is definitely worth a dive trip, but it has to be understood that conditions offshore are unpredictable, and you have to be prepared for canceled boat trips. On good days, the wreck diving here is incredible.
Websites	Olympus Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Most recently, southern Florida and Morehead City, North Carolina
Closest Airport		Getting There	Drove from New York to Morehead City NC
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	35-60 Ft/ 11-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Buddy system alternate air source computer
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Rinse tank for only photo equipment. Tables in cabin for working on equipment.

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Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center in The Continental USA/Morehead City NC

Olympus Dive Center: "Very Good Diving off Morehead City, North Carolina", Jul, 2018,

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Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center in
The Continental USA/Morehead City NC