NC Shore Diving

Working on this one....the quick and dirty is that there are walk-in wreck diving opportunities in many places. Expect low viz, and dive during slack (high) tide. Some wrecks are visible (from the surface/shore) during low tide. You can also do a channel dive at Radio Island.

Farb lists many of these in his book. I've personally done the dive at Radio Island, and tried (once) to find the General Beauregard, but during high tide (bad move) since it was the only time our schedule would permit...but luckily others have had more luck and instructions are posted on the wrecks page.

At Fort Fischer:

Peterhof

Modern Greece

try calling Underwater Archaeology Unit at Fort Fischer for info (910) 458-9042

At Carolina Beach:

General Beauregard

At Nags Head:

Oriental

Triangle Wrecks

contact the Nags Head Pro Dive shop.

Some Nags Head shore info from the net (thanks to Billy Younger)

At Radio Island (btw Morehead City and Beaufort):

Channel Dive

Channel dive at Radio Island. Depth ~35fsw with spots further out up to 48fsw.

Can be a strong current. Experience with this kind of diving recommended.

Visibility at this location can range from around 5 feet to over 20.... with 7-10 feet being more common. The rocks are home to blue crabs, stone crabs, hard corals, soft corals, encrusting sponge, Slippery Dicks, Black Sea Bass, and during late summer, some tropicals. It's also common to see juvenile Spade Fish and juvenile Grouper at this site. Small to medium sized sting rays are not uncommon.

Best approach for this site is to walk up the beach from the parking area at the County Park. Enter the water at the fence denoting the military property boundry. Catch it slightly before slack tide and do a drift dive along the bottom, riding the incoming tide. Then, when slack hits, explore the upper portions of the rocks. For a little longer drift and better treat, pull and glide along the surface using a snorkel to the end of the island, then descend and drift the bottom on the incoming tide. (thanks to Bob Decker for this information)

More around Morehead City and Beaufort (thanks to Tim Cheek for this info...)

Morehead-Beaufort high rise bridge. Max Depth < 40fsw

flounder, sheepshead

Taylors Creek

old bottles and artifacts. Max depth < 30fsw

Atlantic Beach high rise bridge. Max depth < 30fsw

sheepshead

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