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Olympus Dive Center, Aug, 2009, by Larry, CA, USA ( Contributor 15 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 5041.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Olympus' web site suggests great visibility in August and water temperatures around 80. Perhaps these exist. But on my 3 days of diving vis was 15-30 ft. with a lot of particulate in water and numerous jelly fish. The boat's divemaster laid out "wreck reel" lines on the wrecks We dove ( each dive was on a wreck) so divers could follow the line while viewing the wreck and then return to the anchor line , again following the wreck reel line This line was helpful given the limited vis. We descended/ascended on the anchor line to avoid being carried off by strong currents.Water temp on surface about 79F, but at around 40 ft hit thermocline and temp dipped to 73-5F. Crew very proficient and safety-oriented.The dives I did were not for novices given the strong currents and limited vis, plus pitching dive boat as We left and retruned to the boat.Boats had no compressor aboard. So needed to switch out tanks after each of the day's two dives- each diver switching out his/her own tank. Olympus offers and encourages Nitrox, and the Olympus mix is 30%. Boats crowded my 3 days of diving. With a few exceptions, all divers were very experienced and some dove with double tanks.Saw no Sand Tiger Sharks and could not dive the Nazi sub as currents too strong that day at sub's dive site.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Great Barrier Reef, various So. Pacific sites, all over Mexico and Caribbean, Cocos, Galapagos, Thailand/Burma, Viet-Nam, Italy, Greece , PNG, Channel Islands/Catalina
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	73-79°F / 23-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-30 Ft/ 5-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Don't go down further than your dive computer indicates is max safe depth ( I was on 30% Nitrox) and surface with 500 psi minimum.Each diver paire with a dive buddy
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	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, Aug, 2009,

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