Graveyard of the Atlantic
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North Carolina, USA
Best timeMay to September
Water temp24-27°C / 75-81°F
Visibility20-40m / 65-130ft
AccessBoat Dive
Dive typesScuba
DifficultyAdvanced
Max depth40 m
Avg depth30 m
Nearest airportMIA
WWII wrecksU-boat victimsSand tiger sharks
Scuba
The waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks are known as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' for the thousands of ships sunk here, many by German U-boats in WWII. It's a world-class destination for wreck diving and is a major aggregation site for sand tiger sharks.
Features
A region with hundreds of shipwrecks, many from WWII. This is a premier destination for advanced wreck divers. The wrecks are also a habitat for large schools of sand tiger sharks, which are seen on almost every dive.
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