Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center/Econolodge in Morehead City in
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Olympus Dive Center/Econolodge in Morehead City, Jul, 2010, by Ed Noga, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 5753.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$
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Comments	Five years ago I really blasted Olympus in a review, and for good reason. Well, now they deserve a big attaboy. Our trip to Lake Huron fell apart along with a truck transmission, so we limped back to Ohio, dumped the boat and truck, and headed south. Discovery Diving is a fabulous outfit in Beaufort, N.C., and we always go there, but they were booked. Reluctantly, we called Olympus. The result was five excellent days of diving, outstanding service, totally fair treatment. It was somewhat windy on a couple of occasions and we had to stay inshore, but the captain (Purifoy) asked our opinion about what to do, and agreed to make a run out to some of the offshore wrecks, with the option of turning around. Several people who never had been on U-352 finally got the opportunity because of that. Sharks everywhere, surprisingly on the inshore wrecks more than the offshore stuff. The current was rippin' on the Schurz, and brisk on some of the other wrecks, and we did spend a lot of quality time on the Indra in five days. But we got out every day and never had a bad dive. We used both their big boats, and the crews were excellent. I still love Discovery to death, but I'll never hesitate again to go with Olympus.
Websites	Olympus Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Everywhere I can--Galapagos, Truk, Costa Rica, many Caribbean sites, St. Lawrence River, North and South Carolina, Florida, all the Great Lakes except Superior and especially Lake Erie.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	75-82°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	35-75 Ft/ 11-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Be careful, no deco, come back with 500 cf.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Big table, enough buckets and they handle your camera carefully when you pass it to them, and when they hand it overboard.

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

Olympus Dive Center/Econolodge in Morehead City, Jul, 2010,

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