>> I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>> places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> Be prepared for a 2-3hr boat ride. You need to bring your own meal,
> beverages, etc.
I love both these ops.
jim frei - 21 Aug 2005 04:10 GMT
>>> I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>>> places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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>> Discovery Diving from what I have been told is more likely to abort the
>> trip if sea conditions are bad. Olympus will go almost regardless.
Olympus has bigger boats than Discovery.
Douglas W. - 21 Aug 2005 08:54 GMT
>>>> I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>>>> places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> Olympus has bigger boats than Discovery.
For some people that's a good thing.
For some, bad.
nitespark - 21 Aug 2005 12:42 GMT
>>>>I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>>>>places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> Olympus has bigger boats than Discovery.
The Olympus is 65ft. The Midnight Express is 48ft. Both of Discovery's
boats, the Seaquest II and the Outrageous V are 47 ft. Not a BIG
difference.

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> > I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
> > places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> also recommend http://olympusdiving.com/
What's the best time of year to go there?
73, doug
dazed and confuzzed - 14 Sep 2005 04:54 GMT
>>>I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>>>places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> What's the best time of year to go there?
> 73, doug
tomorrow

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jim frei - 14 Sep 2005 04:57 GMT
>> > I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>> > places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> What's the best time of year to go there?
> 73, doug
well, if you can get a charter, tomorrow might be real
interesting...otherwise anytime from late April thru late October is warm
enough that you won't need a dry suit.
nitespark - 14 Sep 2005 10:56 GMT
>>>I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some
>>>places off of North Carolina. Can someone recommend some good
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> What's the best time of year to go there?
> 73, doug
Well, definetly not NOW.
I have had the best luck in early to mid summer. I was there last July
and sea conditions and viz was GREAT. I have also been there in early
December and as long as you stay out in the Gulf Stream, conditions are
still pretty good.
73
Andy

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