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2005 Dive ReportsMarch
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| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| April 29 | Wind | Wind | More wind | We've been blown out 6 of 6 weekends so far this year....this really sucks!! Someone, please, hold down the calm button!! |
| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| May 7 | 15 blowouts so far | |||
| May 8 | Naeco | 30-35 | 69-71 | After the 2nd "tropical storm" style of weather
pattern, we finally made a dive! After investigating water temps offshore,
we figured our best bet was the Naeco. It was blue water on top and a bit
stirred up on the bottom. A group of small blacktip sharks were
investigating our deep hang-line weight and lots of fish life was on the
wreck. Seas were 2-3, with not much wind at all. A great day! We made an excellent choice, because the Papoose had Zero, yes, Zero vis on the wreck. |
| May 14 & 15 | Rocks | 40-50 | 68-72 | 2 nice days of diving rock ledges near the Papoose. Caught lobster, grouper, hog snapper, flounder. Plenty of Lionfish are down there. |
| May 20 | Indra | 40 | 65 | Seas were a bit choppy, but underwater vis was great. Lots of life on the Indra, and it's easy to get inside and explore the interior! |
| May 21 | Titan | 30 | 62 | The Titan is holding up well after the winter: vis was good for a 60' dive and growth is starting to really take root on this wreck. |
| May 22 | Papoose Sub |
60 30 |
73 | Excellent vis and many many sharks on the Papoose! Most divers even found a few teeth. Less vis on the sub, but still a good dive. |
| May 28 | Naeco Stern | 80 | 69 72 |
Beautiful dive, great vis. Sharks and lionfish are
everywhere! Mild reverse thermocline, cooler on top. |
| May 29 | Proteus | 70 | 62 73 |
Incredible reverse thermocline, cold and very murky down to 30', then it got warm and clear below that. Lots of sharks and great vis on the bottom. |
| May 30 | Naeco Bow Sub |
70 40 |
72 68 |
Great clear vis on the bow, loads of lionfish and Flounder
everywhere! Nice dive on the sub, not as clear but still good vis. Quote of the week: "HEY BOB, DID YOU SEE THAT ORANGE BOAT?" |
| May 31 | Papoose | 70 | 71 | As always, sharks on the Papoose. A big turtle was sleeping up near the bow, and vis was nice and clear. |
| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| June 3 | Naeco Stern | 80 | 73 | Good shark and lionfish footage on the stern... |
| June 4 | Naeco Bow | 80 | 73 | No sharks but plenty of lionfish, grouper, pompano, etc. |
| June 5 | Cassimir | 70 | 70 | Nice day, nice dive. Cassimir is a great wreck, the bow section is still an awesome sight. Coronetfish still hanging around. |
| June 6 | Lobster Wreck, Normannia | 100 80 |
78/74 76 |
Lots of lionfish on the Lobster Wreck, and lobster, too! Normannia had quite a few flounder, and great conditions. |
| June 7 | Naeco | 80+ | 76 | Both sections of the Naeco are very clear and warm. Lionfish are everywhere. Sharks abound on the stern section. |
| June 8 | Proteus | 70 | 74 | Cool & murky on top, and warm & clear on bottom. Plenty of sharks, and a frisky bull shark as well. |
| June 9 | Rockpile Schurz |
90 70 |
75 74 |
The box wreck (rockpile) had a good current, but worth diving for the excellent vis and plentiful sea life. |
| June 10 | Sailboat Schurz |
80 60 |
74 73 |
The sailboat is always a good dive, cozy and inviting. The schurz has lots of baitfish and even a few sharks. |
| June 11 | Schurz Indra |
70 60 |
74 70 |
Made it offshore for the first dive, but building winds sent us inshore for the second dive. The Indra upper decks had phenomenal visibility, but the bottom 20' drops off to nearly 0. Great if you stayed over 50' deep! |
| June 12 | Rockpile | 100 | 74 | Another excellent dive on the box wreck. Tons of fish, rays, grouper, flounder and lionfish!! |
| June 13 | Indra | 60 5 |
70 | Excellent vis to the lower deck, then substantially muddy on the bottom. But clearer than 2 days ago, and upper decks still have great conditions. A medium Sand Tiger is making rounds on the wreck. |
| June 14 | Titan Suloide |
40 30 |
70 | Nice vis, clearing up somewhat on the bottom. A few flounder on the Suloide. |
| June 15 | Duhamel Caribe Sea |
0 35-40 |
70 | Vis on the duhamel was better with your eyes closed. No
dive. Caribe Sea was nice, big, cooperative sharks and lots of fish life. |
| June 16 | Papoose | 85-90 | 77top 74bot |
Clear water and a few sharks seen on the Papoose. |
| June 17 | Schurz Hutton |
60-70 35-40 |
77 71 |
Schurz is now home to a few sharks, and the tons of other fish life always seen there. The Hutton has had great visibility and a few sharks as well. |
| June 18 | Proteus | 60-80 | 78 | Great dive on the Proteus, anchored in "Shark City!" Had quite a show when a squall went by and dropped 7 waterspouts about 2 miles away during the surface interval. |
| June 19 | Hutton | 50 | 71 | A bit rough on top, but great vis in-shore. Sharks still patrolling this wreck, making spearfishing a bit hazardous. |
| June 21 | Sailboat Schurz |
60 | 77 | Beautiful day on the water, and great conditions below. Lots of life on both wrecks, a few lionfish and sharks. What's for dessert? |
| June 22 | Papoose Sub |
80-90 | 78 | Nice clear blue water on the Papoose, good vis but a bit less clear on the Sub. I have an idea for dessert tonight! |
| June 23 | Bedfordshire Ashkabad |
45 | 76 | Tons of shells and fish on the Bedfordshire. Ashkabad had better vis yesterday, but still a good dive. Whatever shall we do for dessert tonight? |
| June 24 | Papoose | 80 | 77 | Beautiful as usual on the Papoose, worth staying for 2 dives. Hmmm...Bananas Foster sounds good...every night!! |
| June 25 | Hutton | 50 | 72 | Seas picked up quicker than expected, so we did one dive on the Hutton and came home. It still has good vis and sharks on patrol. |
| June 27 | Sailboat Schurz |
70 | 77 | |
| June 28 | Naeco Bow Rockpile |
80 | 78 | |
| June 30 | FarEastTnkr Caribe Sea |
100 45 |
77 76 |
July
| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| July 1 | Naeco Bow Bridge |
80 60 |
76 | |
| July 2 | Naeco Bow Papoose |
100 70 |
78 | |
| July 3 | Naeco Stern Titan |
100 50 |
81 77 |
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| July 4 | Sailboat | 65 | 79 | |
| July 5 | Schurz | 100 | 80 | |
| July 6 | Naeco Duhamel |
100 30 |
83 77 |
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| July 7 | Sailboat Schurz |
80 | 82/76 | |
| July 9 | Rockpile | 80 | 81/78 | We had yesterday off, it got windy! |
| July 10 | Papoose Sub |
90 | 80/77 | |
| July 11 | Papoose Sub |
80 70 |
82/76 82/75 |
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| July 12 | Far East Tanker | 80-90 60-70 |
80/78 80/76 |
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| July 13 | Suloide | 50-60 | 81/76 | |
| July 14 | Schurz | 100 | 81/76 | |
| July 15 | Naeco Stern Papoose |
70 | 82/76 | |
| July 16 | Caribe Sea | 60-80 | 81 | |
| July 17 | FarETanker Portland |
80/50 25 |
80 77 |
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| July 18 | FarETanker Caribe Sea |
45 60 |
81 | |
| July 19 | Schurz Sub |
75 | 81/77 | |
| July 20 | Papoose Spar |
100 70 |
81/77 | |
| July 21 | Caribe Sea | 40 | 81 | |
| July 22 | Schurz | 60 | 82/76 | A bit bumpy, but we made it offshore. |
| July 23 | NaecoStern Sailboat |
70 | 82/77 | Calm seas and clear water, a great day! |
| July 24 | Titan Suloide |
35 | 81 | A bit bumpy again, but we made 2 good dives, and most divers even wrangled up some flounder for dinner on the Suloide! |
| July 25 | Papoose Schurz |
65 70 |
82/78 | Hot and calm, |
| July 26 | Sailboat Schurz |
80-90 80 |
82/78 | Hot and calm, some current has picked up today |
| July 27 | Papoose Schurz |
45 50 |
83/77 | Hot and calm, current still offshore. Vis dropped on the Papoose, and the top layer of water is almost too hot!! |
| July 28 | Caribe Sea | 60' | 83/78 | No current on the east side today. Good vis and lots of sharks. |
| July 29 | Titan Suloide |
40 | 82 | A bit choppy today, so we stayed in-shore. 2 great dives, good vis and warm water. Flounder still reside on the Suloide, as well as a big turtle. |
| July 30 | Malchase | 75 | 83/75 | Tech dive on the Malchase, great seas and no current to speak of. Lots of lionfish are all over the wreck. |
| July 31 | Yancey | 80 | 83/78 | The current increased throughout the dive. Lots of big grouper call this wreck home, it's still intact and still laying on her port side. |
| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| Aug 1 | Caribe Sea Ashkabad |
40 | 82/77 | Beautiful calm day, some clouds and rain. Lots of big big sharks on the Caribe Sea!! |
| August 2 | Papoose Sub |
70 | 83 | Beautiful, top to bottom. Sharks and lots of fish. A bit choppy in the afternoon, due to a thunderstorm. It rained so hard while anchored on the Papoose, we could hear the rain at the bottom, 120" deep! That was a first! |
| August 3 | Box Wreck Schurz |
80-100 70-80 |
83/80 | The box wreck was clear and warm, with only a gentle current running. The schurz was full of life, turtles, rays, and we got buzzed by a stingray! |
| August 4 | Schurz Suloide |
60-80 60 |
84/79 83/78 |
The water has been warm, so warm! A repeat performance on the Schurz and extra bottom time on the Suloide made for an excellent day! Seas were glass-calm. You could almost see the bottom from the boat, on the Suloide. |
| August 5 | Schurz Suloide |
70 60 |
84/78 84/79 |
Encore! Hitting the same wrecks, we did more diving and spearfishing, gathering enough flounder for supper! An excellent day. |
| August 6 | Schurz Hardees |
80 90 |
83/78 83/79 |
There's a storm out there but we have slick calm seas and awesome visiblity. |
| August 7 | Papoose Suloide |
80 50 |
83 | Still flat seas, and great vis. Just a touch of surge on the bottom. There is a storm out there, but you can't tell it here. Amazing! |
| August 8 | Duhamel Suloide |
20...2 60-70 |
81/76 81/78 |
Started out OK on the Duhamel, but by the end of the dive, visibility went to 2'. So we left and went to the Suloide, where the vis was good and a good dive was had. |
| August 9 | Schurz | 60-70 | 82 | Southern wrecks are good, not really affected by the storm at all. |
| August 10 | Papoose | 80 | 81/78 | Great day! |
| August 11 | CaribeSea | 50 | 82 | Good vis, but we can feel a surge on the bottom. |
| August 12 | FarEastTnkr | 35-40 | 82 | Less vis on the Far East than we expected, a good current seems to have blown some brown water in. Perhaps remnants of that offshore storm. The Atlas and CaribeSea had significantly less vis than yesterday. |
| August 13 | Cassimer Reef |
50 60 |
81 83 |
It's a nice day to go to the Cassimir, and the reef nearby was spectacular! |
| August 14 | Naeco Brdg Naeco Stern |
100-60 100-50 |
83/68 83/68 |
Much cooler and less visibility on the bottom, way offshore! |
| August 15 | Schurz Spar |
80/30 80 |
84/78 84 |
Less vis on the bottom at the Schurz as on the Spar. It moved in from the Naeco, and the bottom is not as clear as the top half. |
| August 16 | Papoose Schurz |
90/35 80/35 |
83/68 | Something has stirred up the offshore wrecks, and it's hanging around! Still lots of sharks on the Papoose, and tons of fish on the Schurz. |
| August 17 | Naeco Stern Sub |
50 60-70 |
83 82/78 |
Not as clear offshore, very strange! Nice clear conditions on the sub. |
| August 18 | CaribeSea | 50 | 82/79 | The vis is back on the East Sice, and lots, lots, lots of sharks all over the wreck and off in the sand. Warm, clear water all the way to the bottom. |
| August 19 | Box Wreck Ashkabad |
80/50 60 |
83/79 84 |
Beautiful dive on the Box Wreck, only a touch of current. Noce clear water on the Ashkabad, you could almost see it from the surface! |
| August 20 | Schurz Suloide |
80/30 50 |
83/75 82 |
Strange cool, brown water persists on the bottom offshore. Great conditions on the Suloide, even a few flounder! |
| August 21 | CaribeSea Ashkabad |
90/40 50 |
82/77 80 |
Less vis on the bottom of the Caribe Sea, but the big sharks were at 50' where the water was clear and you could watch them from the hang line! |
| August 22 | Box Wreck Bedfordshire |
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| August 23 | Rock Ledge Hutton |
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| August 24 | Hutton | 35 | 82 | Nice vis, some active Sand tigers and a nosy Bull shark were seen on the wreck. |
| August 25 | Suloide | 40 | 82 | A bit clearer than the Hutton, gave up some flounder! |
| August 26 | 1st Day blown out since July 8. Wow, what a run!! | |||
| August 27 | Spar | Beautiful visibility on the Spar, but a bit too rough to go
any further. There were 4 boats on the Aeolus and 2 on the Spar. |
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| August 28 | Schurz | 80+ | 83/78 | The vis is typical NC, clear blue and spectacular! Divers saw turtles, rays and tons of fish! |
| August 29 | Naeco Papoose |
100 | 83/78 | As expected, the Naeco was even better! Lionfish abound, and we even saw one of those huge sea-urchins out in the sand about 500' off the wreck. It's been a few years since we saw them, but this time there was only one. Perhaps he'll stick around? |
| Location | Visibility | Temp | Comments | |
| September 1 | Papoose Schurz |
60 | 82/78 | A moderate current on the Papoose, somewhat less on the Schurz. Now be sure to use the anchor lines...we are diving in the open ocean!! |
| September 2 | Sub Spar |
80 | 82/78 | Even better vis on both wrecks, and insignificant current. Seas were calmer too: a good time was had by all! That's what North Carolina diving is all about! |
| September 3 | British Splndr |
90 100 |
80 | Strange currents on the Tarpon made anchoring on it
impossible. Plan B was the Proteus, vis was excellent, and the stern section is quite magnificent! Vis on the Splendor was even better: very clear and active with marine life. |
| September 4 | Duhamel | 10-20 | 78 | A bit rough to go any further, but the Duhamel was do-able. Enough vis to navigate the wreck, and plenty of flounder to bring home for dinner! |
| September 9 | Titan | 7 | 78 | There must be a storm brewing out there or something.... |
| Ophelia!! She knocked a tree into the house, made a nice hole in the roof and put tons of debris in the yard. It's a good sized hole, but we've put a tarp over it and cleaned up the mess. The Atlantis IV did quite well, she only got a bit wet from the wind blowing rain into every crevice. The Atlantis V boat and boatshed escaped unscathed. | ||||
| Sept 24 | FarEstTnker Ashkabad |
10-15 10 |
78 | Warm water and very calm seas today. However....the visibility sucks. You could see, but not far. |
| Sept 25 | Papoose | 15 | 78 | Warm water. Cool turtle experience. But rough seas and low
visibility. Sometimes...after a storm you have awesome visibility.
Sometimes you don't. But still, a bad day diving is better than a good day at work!! |
| This weather feels like it's spring all over again!! | ||||
| Oct 14 | FISHING!! | Near shore Spanish and Blues were biting, we picked the right spot! | ||
| Oct 20 | Trolling | Light bite, but good size wahoo. | ||
| Oct 21 | Bottom Fishing | So that's what a "mess" of fish looks like? Those were some HUGE triggers! | ||
| Nov 5 | Lobster Wreck Cassimir |
80+ 50-60 |
75 73 |
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| Nov 6 | Normannia Cassimir |
50-60 60-70 |
73-75 | |
| Nov 11 | Indra Hutton |
30 30-40 |
66 | A big chunk of the Indra superstructure is lying off in the sand to the side of the wreck, previous damage from the most recent storm. |
| Nov 12 | Naeco Stern Schurz |
60 30-40 |
71 67 |
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| Nov 13 | Schurz Sub |
40 30 |
67 69 |
One never knows which one will be the last dive for the year.... |
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| Coming Soon! Atlantis IV Crew Pages: everything you've ever wanted to know
about the Atlantis Crew, but were afraid to ask! (It will be better than the Hall Of Fame!!) |
Top of tree fell on house (mild damage only). |
We had a very high tide in the channel, and it deposited ALL the floating debris behind the boat. Water was up over the dock, in the parking lot almost into the building. | Chairs and a glass top table fell onto the boat from the 3rd floor balcony (condo to the left of the boat). It took a while to figure out where all the broken glass come from! |
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