Diving North Carolina

"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > does anyone here have any experience of a diving trip from the UK to
north
> > carlolina? if so, did you get all the bits yourself or go through a firm
> > who
> > did a 'package'? i've had a quick search and am not seeing anything
> > obvious
> > for the 2nd option. any recommendations for dive firms / accom etc
> > appreciated!
> >
>
> I'm almost scared to suggest it but for firms and recommendations you
might
> want to try rec.scuba or rec.scuba.locations. They shouldn't try to maul
> you too much for a simple request like that...
>
> CAS
>
>

thanks calum. i did see a posting on there referring to north carolina. it's
something i'd thought about a few years ago but never got any further. i was
hoping for a package solution (yeah, i know, the easy way out). may just
bite the bullet and do some kind of trip taking in florida and NC. bit of
travelling involved though!

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.

We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
wide seats and large baggage allowance.

We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
Diving who we used.

Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(

They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
coming up the ladder!

DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
& we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
of pork brains in milk we brought back!

Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.

HTH
Clive

<lewd_vicar@bsac.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1127144816.402345.127660@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.
>
> We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
> wide seats and large baggage allowance.
>
> We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
> several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
> Diving who we used.
>
> Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
> well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
> that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(
>
> They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
> in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
> boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
> they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
> coming up the ladder!
>
> DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
> refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
> went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
> Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
> beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
> shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
> & we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
> of pork brains in milk we brought back!
>
> Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.
>
> HTH
> Clive
>

thanks for that lot clive. that's pretty much exactly what i was after!
did you hire a car or rely on other transportation from / to the airport?

<lewd_vicar@bsac.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1127144816.402345.127660@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Me and my partner did a DIY trip out there about 4 years ago.
>
> We flew gatwick-raleigh durham with american airlines: good service,
> wide seats and large baggage allowance.
>
> We stayed in a wee flat in Beaufort - a quiet wee town, but with
> several nice bars on the front and we were only 1/4 mile from Discovery
> Diving who we used.
>
> Unfortunately, we only got a couple of dives in, as the wrecks are all
> well offshore and so subject to big swells (Strong surge at 35m). Those
> that we did were good, though no sandtiger sharks :o(
>
> They also tie into the wreck: Some poor sod of a boat boy has to jump
> in with a full face mask, comms, and a length of chain attached to the
> boat and ties the boat in. Because of the potentially strong currents,
> they ask you to come back up the line - makes things a bit interesting
> coming up the ladder!
>
> DD were excellent - although we'd payed upfront for 5 days diving, they
> refunded us for the days lost to weather. On the non diving days we
> went to some old civil war fort, saw artifacts from the Queen Anns
> Revenge (Blackbeards ship), went to Cape Fear and bimbled along the
> beach at Kitty Hawk. Culturally it is quite interesting - the local
> shop kept live worms for fish bait in the fridge with the dairy produce
> & we are still looking for recipes that will do justice to the 2 cans
> of pork brains in milk we brought back!
>
> Would we go back? Yes! Was it easy to arrange ourselves? Yes.
>
> HTH
> Clive
>

thanks for that lot clive. that's pretty much exactly what i was after!
did you hire a car or rely on other transportation from / to the airport?