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Good comments from Joe that I second pretty much in their entirety. I learned some new things myself.
I dive south of Diamond Shoals, off of Morehead.
With that being said, my FIRST DIVE out of OW was off of Morehead City on the Papoose (120 ft). There was a bit of current, seas about 4 feet or so. I did just fine, BUT, I grew up in these waters, have pulled a number of people out of riptides (once when I was 10), etc. My dive buddy for this first deep dive has 600 dives, loads of diverse experience, and stuck to me like glue. She was rather surprised how easily I took to it.
You may too, but being a relatively new diver, I would urge caution and only think about it if you hire a DM.
Would recommend doing your Nitrox before you come, most ops in Morehead seem to mix 30% due to the depths. And hopefully you will use a computer. If you are using 21% and tables, you will have some REALLY short dives which will leave you wondering why you just spent a lot of money and time to get to the site.
Keep in mind that nearly all of the dive ops in NC will require AOW. Some will take a fat logbook (50 ish dives) instead but would expect it to include some deeper dives. They only took me because they knew what a solid diver my buddy was. And because I am a local girl who can talk smack.
You have time, sort these things out, be careful, and come see our sharks.
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