North Carolina Wreck Trek 2021
TRIP REPORT:
This was my third year going to North Carolina with ECD and this trip continues to capture the adventurous spirit of North Carolina Wreck diving. We came down as a group of 18 and worked together to explore cool wrecks, find giant teeth, and eat good food.
We started in Morehead City where we did a mix of sites. Jumping in for my first dive I was reminded of how exciting these dives can be by seeing a sandbar shark, a school of barracuda, and a giant ray within the first minutes of the dive. We then had three more good days of diving where we saw many wrecks, including the U-352, were surprised by a giant green sea turtle, saw more rays than I’d ever seen in one place, and spent enough time with the sharks that they stopped being scary. This year, the marine life was so abundant it was the first time I heard people complaining about there being “too many fish in my way” after the dives.
Shark Images by Mark Kiczuk
Every day was punctuated by great eats. Silver Line Ice cream became a daily staple, we found several restaurants able to accommodate our entire group for story and photo swapping, and we even proved our self-sufficiency by letting Kevin cook us dinner.
After wrapping up in Morehead City, we proceeded to Wilmington Beach for meg tooth diving. We had two 30-minute episodes of “Supermarket Sweep” underwater gathering as many 20 million-year-old fossils as we could lay our hands-on. We worked in pairs, exchanged notes, and found some amazing fossils. That evening we got word that weather would cancel our next and final day of diving. We did what any self-respecting group of divers would do a giant beach house would do and transitioned into beach party mode!
This trip remains my favorite ECD trip. Every day is different, the wildlife is spectacular, and it is one of the few dives you get to come away from with treasures. I say this every year, but I’m already excited for next year’s trip!
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