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Radio Island Jetty, Morehead
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Submitted By:
Capt. Bob Decker
Submitter Comments:
Located on an island between Morehead City and Beaufort, parking is available at a county water access park. A hike up the beach you enter next to a fence that terminates in the water. Catch this site just before slack tide in order to ride along the rock lined channel. Lots of fish life, soft and hard corals, crabs and urchins. Maximum depth approximately 40 fsw. Top of the rocks averages around 15 fsw.
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07/22/2007 Will Best (Avg: 3.00 Review) - We completed a walk in at Radio Island at high slack tide and had about 5'-8' vis. Saw a few fish and stone crabs.
07/09/2007 JB (Avg: 3.21 Review) - It was a great dive the last time I splashed here. Time before that I couldn't read my gauges, but on the 8th of July visibility was 10-15 feet and tons of fish. Current is extremely swift before high tide so if you don't want to get a good drift, then hit it right at high slack. You must have good nav skills and don't surface in less than 4 feet of water (at the shore) or you run the high chance of getting hit by a boat. Check the waves in the ocean. That day we had 2 foot waves and vis here was exceptional for a shore dive.
10/01/2006 Elion May (Avg: 2.98 Review) - I've been diving Radio Island Jetty for 20 years. It's my favorite walk-in dive in NC.
08/13/2003 BP (Avg: 3.23 Review) - Radio island is a NC shore dive. Expect 3 to 6 ft visibility. Only dive-able at high-slack tide. Tropical fish are seen during the late summer months into October. Beware of boat traffic if you venture off the jetty. Beware of stinging corals & occasional jelly fish. Gloves are a must and wetsuits are recommended to deal with sea urchins and sharp rocks and stings. It really is a great quickie dive for those of us in NC. See new stuff almost every time.
08/12/2003 Robby Deans (Avg: 3.29 Review) - After a walk of about 1/4 of a mile, you can easily get to the jetty and begin your dive. The boat traffic in the channel is bad, but as long as you stay near the rocks, you're okay. The visability was about ten feet. There were lots of sea urchins and an array of different fish species. I enjoyed this dive, but not as much as my other dive at the Cape Lookout Rock Jetty.
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Averages for Radio Island Jetty, Morehead (1=worst,
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Number of reviews for this site: 5
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3.60