Welcome to Outer Banks Diving

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About Outer Banks Diving:

At A Glance

Visit us on the web at:
www.outerbanksdiving.com
Email: Click Here
Address: 57544 Hwy 12 Hatteras Village 27943 Click for map
Phone: 252-986-1056
Latitude: 35.217750
Longitude: -75.687933
Hours: winter: call for appointment / summer: daily
Payment:
cash, travelers checks, local checks
Entry Fee: Daily Rates, Multi day and group discounts
Age Requirements: 12 and up for scuba/ 8 and up for snorkeling
Season: Hatteras Wreck Diving May- Oct Wilmington Fossil Ledges Oct- Dec
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Helpful Hints: scuba charters must be a minimum of Open Water Certified

The waters off Cape Hatteras have claimed mariners and their ships since they first visited the coast of North Carolina in the sixteenth century. From the time that Sir Walter Raleigh’s flagship, Tiger, ran aground on the hidden shoals of the Carolina Outer Banks in 1585, there have been over one thousand documented sinkings and strandings along this treacherous coastline. The sunken ships from these four centuries of maritime history make the Outer Banks the greatest location for wreck diving outside of Truk or Scappa Flow.

Many of the wrecks that lie off Hatteras were stranded on the hard sand of Diamond Shoals; others met their end from German torpedoes during WW II. The storms that beat against the shore in the winter and late fall drove many a sailing ship into the dangerous shallow waters of the cape, and then pounded them mercilessly. Now many of them lie in the warm Gulf Stream waters that average 78-85 degrees in the summer months and that boast incomparable visibility. Once you’ve dived these wrecks you’ll never stop coming back.

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