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Hyde
In May of 1988, the 215-foot Hyde was deployed by the NC Department of Marine Fisheries in AR-386 located about 15 miles off Wrightsville Beach.
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Markham
The Markham is a 320-foot US Army Corps of Engineers dredge that was sunk in the Artificial Reef area AR-386 close to the Hyde dredge.
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Normannia
The Danish freighter, Normannia, served less than thirty years before meeting its demise on the Frying Pan Shoals forty miles offshore of southern North Carolina.
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The waters off Wilmington contain numerous historic shipwrecks from the last 300 years as well as several well-maintained artificial reefs. Divers can expect lots of gamefish, curious sand tiger sharks, and colorful tropicals.
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Member Reviews
by mbplumley, Great Wreck
In addition to the other reviews, here's my comments: 50' to stern deck, 80' to sand, mostly in tact, easy nav, 30' vis. Several people went to sand and collected sharks teeth. We saw many tiger sharks, amberjacks, groupers and a several smaller fish. ...
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by CapeFearDivers, Awesome blue water wreck dive. Amazing marine life.
The Normannia is one of the finest dive sites on the East Coast.
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by BlowingBubbles, Cool swimthroughs an hour ride from Wilmington
A great NC dive, only a hour boat ride out of Wilmington. About 80 feet deep, the Hyde has lots of swim throughs that are open and have fully visible exits. Easy to navigate wreck. The water can be cold, reaching the mid 70s in July. Vis can be hit...
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