Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center in
The Continental USA/North Carolina

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Olympus Dive Center: "So great and so close", Aug, 2021, by Martin Klein, NC, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 11701.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Two dives on the Carib Sea. Water was cold for the time of year because of an upwelling and visibility was poor. Nonetheless, the dives were superb. The amount of fish life in, on and around the wreck was astonishing. Big schools of fish, packs of jacks hitting silvery clouds of bait fish, lots of barracuda, rays and tropicals. And then of course the stars of the show: the sandtigers, lots of them. It was eerie in a fun way with the poor viz - how they would appear out of the murkiness. First you don't see them and then they are everywhere. Very professional operation. You go without a dive leader. Descend and ascend on a line. Extra gas with regs at 20 feet. They also have a line along the wreck so that you find your way back. Highly recommended!
Websites	Olympus Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Florida, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Hawaii, Galapagos, French Polynesia
Closest Airport	Raleigh Durham	Getting There	Drove
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	75-75°F / 24-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	15-20 Ft/ 5-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	no deco
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	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center in The Continental USA/North Carolina

Olympus Dive Center: "So great and so close", Aug, 2021,

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Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center in
The Continental USA/North Carolina