Diving in North Carolina

This article is intended to provide the already qualified scuba diver with information which will help to plan dives in the waters of North Carolina, whether as a local resident or a visitor. Information is provided without prejudice, and is not guaranteed accurate or complete. Use it at your own risk.

Understand

Dive sites

North Carolina has 5 general areas for scuba diving: Nags Head/Oregon Inlet, Cape Hatteras, Morehead City/Beaufort, Wilmington, and Inshore quarries.

NC Quarries

• Blue Stone Dive Resort

• Fantasy Lake Scuba Park, commonly referred to as FLSP.

• Lake Rawlings (in Virginia but very close).

• PDRA Quarries

Get help

Emergency services

• . Police. 
• . Ambulance service 
• . Sea rescue 
• . Recompression chamber 
• . DAN hotline 

Get service

Service details

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