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Diving Reviews of Olympus Dive Center in The Continental USA

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Olympus Dive Center   Morehead City, NC   "Sand Tiger Sharks, Galore!"
This is a great place to see WWII wrecks. We did a full day charter on the Midnight Express. Full day charter: [. . . ] ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2023   Richard Blackburn
1000+ Dives
Photos available 
Olympus Dive Center/ Bask Hotel   NC   "Blow out in Outer Banks."
Diving can be wonderful here IF you can get out 20 miles or more to the wrecks loaded with tolerant Sand Tiger Sharks. Blown out 3... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
7/2022   John Yavorsky
1000+ Dives
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2Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center   Morehead, NC   "Great diving off the Carolina Coast"
We drove down to Morehead City from Richmond, Va. We had arranged for three days of two tank boat diving with Olympus Dive Center. ... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
6/2022   Dewey Hess
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center   Morehead City, NC   "Great Wreck Dives and Sand Tiger Sharks"
Dove 3 days on their "full Day trips". It is a long (2+ hour) ride on the boat to the wrecks off the coast, many of them sunk by G... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2021   Patrick Lynch
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center   North Carolina   "So great and so close"
Two dives on the Carib Sea. Water was cold for the time of year because of an upwelling and visibility was poor. Nonetheless, the ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2021   Martin Klein
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   North Carolina   "Sharks and lion fish"
I did 4 dives in 2 days at the end of June. Given that you never know what the weather is going to be (I was blown out 2 weeks ea... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2019   Jeffery E Snyder
500+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center/ Oceanana Full report   Graveyard of the Atlantic   "Sharks! "
This is an excellent experience! This isn’t for everyone and has a few caveats. Caveats: 1: The weather is highly variable. I was ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
7/2019   James Wise
<100 Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Oceanana Full report   Graveyard of the Atlantic   "Sharks! "
This is an excellent experience! This isn’t for everyone and has a few caveats. Caveats: 1: The weather is highly variable. I was ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
7/2019   James Wise
<100 Dives
Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Morehead City NC   "Very Good Diving off Morehead City, North Carolina"
We drove down to Morehead City from Long Island, NY. We had arranged for five days of two tank boat diving with Olympus Dive Cente... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2018   Joseph Muratore
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center Full report   North Carolina   "Diving in History"
Olympus does an excellent job on their dive charters. Excellent, knowledgeable Captain and Crew. A big plus was having the same cr... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
7/2016   Larry Molnar
1000+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ na Full report   [North Carolina   "North Carolina-Morehead City"
Great location, visited 10 years earlier. Conditions a little more variation this time with a few less sharks. Gulf Stream brings ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
7/2015   Harvey Monroe
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Hampton Inn Full report   North Carolina   "Sharks and a Manta in the Outer Banks"
I recently returned from a very nice dive trip to North Carolina. North Carolina had been on my list for several years, simply for... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
8/2015   Brent Barnes
500+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center/ Hampton Inn in Morehead City Full report   Morehead City, NC   "Excellent NC Diving with Olympus Dive Center"
Did 9 dives over 5 days out of Morehead City, NC, with Olympus Dive Center, Aug. 9- 13, 2015. With a choice of operating out of Hat... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2015   Richard J Lunsford Jr
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Morehead City, NC   "Sharks Galore with Olympus Dive Center"
So many sharks you can forget to look at the wrecks on a good day. We dove the Atlas, Caribsea, Indra, and Hutton. Didn't go to ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2014   Mark Etter
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ n/a Full report   North Carolina   Although not for beginners, this unique diving should be on the "to- do" list of most divers. The large shoals of fish swarming ov... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
6/2014   Eric A Frick
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Morehead City Hampton Inn Full report   North Carolina   All dives were on wrecks, including the WWII German sub, the U- 352. Sand Tiger sharks were on most of the sites with many circling... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
8/2013   Steve Thomas
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Quality Inn Full report   North Carolina   Went there for 3 days of diving on a trip arranged by my dive retailer. We had been there 2 years ago and never got past the open... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
8/2013   Eric A Frick
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Morehead City,, NC   Enjoyed diving with Olympus. I was a bit afraid to dive with them, since they did not lead guided dives like in the Caribbean. How... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2013   Edward Leibowitz
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Holiday Inn Express Full report   North Carolina coast   I would dive with the Olympus Dive Center any time. Very professional crews; two tank dives on some very challenging wrecks. Wat... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
7/2013   David Schwab
250+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   North Carolina   I traveled to Morehead City, N. C. to join fellow photographers for "Sharkfest". One of my buddies ruefully called the trip "Rainfe... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
8/2012   Mary K Wicksten
1000+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   North Carolina Offshore   Last week I had the chance of doing some wreck diving in North Carolina. The diving is hit and miss depending on currents, surface... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2011   C Leroy Anderson
1000+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Econolodge in Morehead City Full report   North Carolina   Five years ago I really blasted Olympus in a review, and for good reason. Well, now they deserve a big attaboy. Our trip to Lake H... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
7/2010   Ed Noga
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Morehead City, NC   Excellent service. Friendly store help and Captain. Mr. Bud was a treat to dive with. I wish I had known how many divers were onbo... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
8/2010   David A Harper
100+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center/ Quality Inn Full report   North Carolina   The boat was grossly over crowded with 27 divers aboard. When combined with choppy seas and 2 hour plus commutes to dive sites, t... Full report  
3 stars
1 stars  
6/2010   Ken Mostello
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   North Carolina   Olympus' web site suggests great visibility in August and water temperatures around 80. Perhaps these exist. But on my 3 days of d... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2009   Larry
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Morehead City, NC   Seas were rough first weekend after labor day and many divers were seasick. Once in the water and below the chop the conditions we... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2007   Manny Perry
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center Full report   Outer Banks, NC   I'll lead off by saying that this was probably my worst diving experience in the 12 years since I've been certified - so much so t... Full report  
1 stars
1 stars  
6/2007   George Connaughton
<100 Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Dive Center/ America Suites Full report   North Carolina   I had read about diving the wrecks in North Carolina. I went in Sept as it is the off season and the water temperature and visibi... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2006   Steven Rosenfeld
500+ Dives
 
olympus dive center/ midnight express Full report   Morehead city,North Carolina   The diving here seems excellent, the dive shop seems to balance betwween being a hardcore wrek diving place and dealing with photo... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
8/2005   al marvelli
500+ Dives
 
Olympus Full report   North Carolina (Atlantic)   Ah, Mighty Olympus: What's happened to you? I've been with this dive operation many times in the past, have even taken courses wit... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Ed Noga
500+ Dives
 
olympus dive center Full report   north carolina   We flew into Railegh- Durham airport, rented a car for the drive to Morehead City, North Carolina. The boat was excellant for the ty... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2005   guy johnson
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Olympus Full report   North Carolina wrecks   My coworker Rich and I dove 30 miles off of Morehead City, NC (about two hour boat ride out). We did two dives a day for two days... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
10/2004   Mort Rolleston
<100 Dives
 
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