Instant Reader Report
on Red Wet and Blue / [same] in
USA (Continental) / North Carolina wrecks on
2003/07
by
Dave Morris , TX, USA
Report Number 030903224254204

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 Hawaii, Cozumel, Cancun, Cayman, Texas Flower Gardens, Bermuda, St. Thomas,
St. Maarten, Key Largo 

Dive Conditions

Very flexible. Divers are treated as mature adults. Divemaster goes in to
set the anchor and comes back with report to help you decide how to plan
your dive.  

I use a digital camcorder in an U/W housing, so I don't need photo
processing facilities.  Just a dry place on the boat to change batteries. 
The camera bucket is a bit small for big housings, but it works out.  And
the shots of sand tiger sharks swimming past you several feet away makes
it all worth the effort.  

Overall Rating

I rated some of the accomodations at 3 stars instead of 5, not because I
didn't like them, but as a warning to those who demand to be pampered in
5-star hotels and need someone to carry their tanks for them.  This trip
is for people who don't mind a little dirt, a little sweat, some rain on a
choppy 2 hour boat ride where many will get seasick.  But after you've seen
a WWII German U-boat up close and personal, you'll keep coming back over
and over.  The price is amazingly low.  The captain, Bobby Cox, will go
out and try to get to a wreck, even when other boats have chickened out
before leaving the dock.  As a result, you'll get more diving on his boat
than on others.  8 dives in 4 days.  Not bad for July, the start of
hurricane season, and a week after a hurricane ripped through the Gulf.
You are allowed to pick apart the wreck, so many divers bring crowbars,
hammers, and other tools and are able to bring back bullets, artillery
shells, portholes, and other interesting stuff. 

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