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Dive Center of the Month
Cape Fear Dive Center - 1018 North Lake Park Blvd Suite 21, Carolina Beach , NC 28428
(910) 458-7390 (910) 458-7393 Fax • sales@CapeFearDiveCenter.com
Winter Hours: Beginning October 1st: Monday – Closed • Tuesday – Friday 11am to 6pm • Saturday 10am to 6pm
Cape Fear Dive Center is moving our retail location. The new facility will have a larger showroom as well as better classroom facilities. We hope to be in our new location around the first of March. Until then, we will still be booking charters, holding classes, renting gear and can make any special orders if needed as we can still be reached by phone. Our apologies for any inconveniences the move may cause. The new location will still be in Carolina Beach so don’t worry, we’re not leaving the island! The move will provide customers with a better retail selection, service area, classroom and an all around better experience. Thank you for your support and we look forward to another great year of diving.
1. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
What kind of diving can you expect to find in the islands that formed the basis for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution? In a word, variety. Among the cast of unlikely characters are swimming iguanas and equator-dwelling penguins.
2. Morehead City, North Carolina
The "Graveyard of the Atlantic" has become North America's hottest wreck-diving destination. In the early days of World War II, German U-boats littered the ocean floor with merchant ships. In summer, the warm, clear Gulf Stream infuses the wrecks with an abundance of tropical fish and large marine life.
3. Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
The secret of its success is undoubtedly Bloody Bay Wall, a sheer drop-off that begins in 18 feet of water and plunges almost completely vertically into the darkness. The wall is splattered with corals and sponges and is tended by all sorts of reef fish.
4. Palau
This tiny island chain was once a U.S. territory, and there are those who think we should've hung onto it. There's striking scenery above water and a broad array of diving below. World War II-era wrecks, beautiful reefs, dramatic walls, drift diving and guaranteed shark action.
5. Cozumel, Mexico
Cozumel is a diver's paradise. Simply fall into the water and the currents will carry you away, past a technicolor reef scene that boasts a rainbow array of sponges and scads of unique fish. Look in cracks and crevices for the whiskered Splendid Toadfish, found nowhere else on Earth.
6. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Diving on Bonaire is a breeze: rent a four-wheel-drive vehicle and head out to any of 50-plus dive markers. Whether you suit up with tanks or just take out the snorkel, you'll appreciate the healthy reefs of the 20-year-old marine park, one of the first and finest in the world.
7. Tobermory, Canada
Yes, Canada. Tobermory crowns the tip of Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, at the confluence of pure, icy cold Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. The water's chilly, but the temperatures that numb your face and fingers have also preserved the nearly two-dozen wrecks that litter the bottom here.
8. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
"Great" barely does justice to the planet's biggest living thing, a reef so large it can be seen from space. The 1200-mile reef harbors untold thousands of exotic tropical fish living within millions of acres of soft and hard coral gardens.
9. Belize
English-speaking Belize boasts three of the Caribbean’s four atolls. Not to be missed is the 412-foot trough in the Belize Reef called the Blue Hole, featuring walls covered with healthy coral and sponges and some of the biggest fish you'll find in the Caribbean.
10. Red Sea, Egypt
On the eastern edge of the Sahara lies one of the most unique diving spots in the world. Separated from the rest of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea features an exhilarating reef system where 30 percent of the marine life here is endemic to the local waters.
Dive Center of the Month
Discovery Diving Co. www.discoverydiving.com in historic Beaufort, N.C. specializes in world class, warm water wreck diving off the Carolina coast. Located in close proximity to the shipwrecks of the acclaimed Graveyard of the Atlantic, Discovery is a full-service dive operation offering dive charters, training, gear sales, rentals and equipment repair.
North Carolina is known the world over for wreck diving, marine life and large animal sightings. If you're planning a North Carolina dive vacation, Discovery Diving Co. can handle every aspect of your trip, regardless of your skill level. Contact them at 252-728-2265 or email dive@discoverydiving.com.
