North Carolina Wreck Diving

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I reached Olympus Dive Center around noon on Sunday and the dive boats were coming back already, they were experiencing 6 foot waves, it seems all the area dive charters were also coming back. Of course Monday brought more rain and high winds which created some good-size waves, so the charters were again canceled. I later found out through the news media that Sept. 10th is the high-point for hurricanes in the area, which probably accounts for the rough weather.

I did stay in their "motel" where I met 3 other divers who were on the boat that day, we were all planning on going out on Monday (Labor Day), weather permitting. We ate dinner at Floyd's and talked diving, very interesting group of people. One guy had recently moved to "The States" from Britain, he had married a woman from Australia who was a grade school teacher. She went back to Australia to teach while he works for a company out of Rochester, New York, but travels as a Software Engineer. The other lady was very petite who is an Attorney from Washington, DC, she had some exciting dive stories. I bet she barely breaks 100 pounds, but seems to enjoy the zero-vis diving in the Potomac.

Right now I am sitting at Fort Jackson, SC., next weekend I hope to go to Lake Jocassee located in the northern part of South Carolina. The lake was created when the local power company built a dam, as a result, areas of the lake are 300' deep in spots. After interviewing a local resident, it was discoved that her grandparents had once owned a motel along the river, the motel is never removed from the valley prior to the flooding. A diver found the motel at 300 feet.

Here is a video clip on the interview with CNN.