Dive Review of Olympus Dive Center/Morehead City Hampton Inn in
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Olympus Dive Center/Morehead City Hampton Inn, Aug, 2013, by Steve Thomas, CO, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 7349.
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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
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	All dives were on wrecks, including the WWII German sub, the U-352. Sand Tiger sharks were on most of the sites with many circling on the Aeolus. The sites ranged from 70 ft. to 110 ft. and 30% nitrox was used on all dives. In addition to the Sand Tigers, many other interesting fish were seen such as Oyster Toadfish, High Hats, Flounder, Barracuda, eels and a lone Lionfish. Looking around on the decks of the wrecks you could find many Sand Tiger teeth. Olympus Dive Center is a well run operation with a large boat and full safety gear. They are one of the most safety oriented dive companies that I have ever dove with. In the event of rain or bad weather the boat has a large cabin with water an a microwave. You need to bring tour own food on the trips. The briefings were well done and the rope rigging down to the wrecks was well laid out and easy to use even in currents and low visibility. For fairly experienced divers looking for a change from the Caribbean reefs and the chance to explore WWII wrecks with more fish than expected, I would recommend checking out the Morehead, NC area. If you mention that you are diving with Olympus Divers you get a good discount at the local Hampton Inn and there are several very good restaurants in Morehead City.
Websites	Olympus Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Most popular Caribbean areas, Australia, Palau , Florida Keys
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	77-80°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	10-45 Ft/ 3-14 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Return to the boat with at least 500 psi.
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		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Relatively small camera bench on the boat.

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

Olympus Dive Center/Morehead City Hampton Inn, Aug, 2013,

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