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1Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Cape Lookout
The top 11 dive and snorkel sites in Cape Lookout, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Cape Lookout guide
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3Fenwick Island Wreck
Fenwick Island Wreck is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in USA, North Carolina, Cape Lookout which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
BeginnerMax depth 49.9 ftBoat entry
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5U-352 Wreck
U-352 Wreck is also known as Submarine (VII-C), German Sub U-352.
AdvancedMax depth 114.8 ftBoat entry
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6Schurz Wreck
Schurz Wreck is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in USA, North Carolina, Cape Lookout which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
IntermediateMax depth 100.1 ftBoat entry
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7AR-300 - US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26
Concrete pipe: 1000 pieces 48" by 8' 34° 18.617' / 076° 24.133' 34° 18.567' / 076° 24.533' 34° 18.467' / 076° 24.567' 34° 18.533' / 076° 24.550' 34° 18.417' / 076° 24.600' 34° 18.600' / 076° 24.550' to 34° 18.167' / 076° 24.550' Concrete pipe: 500 pieces 48" by 8' 34° 18.517' / 076° 24.300' 34° 18.633' / 076° 24.150' 21.8 nm from the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy, 500 yards north of buoy R"14" AR-300 - US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26 is also known as Hardee's Reef AR-300 - 174' US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26.
IntermediateMax depth 89.9 ftBoat entry
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9AR-285 - "NANCY LEE"
4.4 nm from Cape Lookout Shoal buoy R"2" AR-285 - "NANCY LEE" is also known as George Summerlin Reef AR-285 - 130' steel hull fishing vessel "NANCY LEE".
IntermediateMax depth 65 ftBoat entry
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10AR-285 - Buoy
Concrete pipe: 605 pieces, 60" by 8' 34° 33.567' / 076° 26.250' Concrete pipe: 50 large pieces 34° 33.467' / 076° 26.300' and 34° 33.500' / 076° 26.283' High Profile units: 10 34° 33.350' / 076° 26.333' Reef Balls®: 100 34° 33.383' / 076° 26.383' to 34° 33.350' / 076° 26.400' Manhole sections and risers: 80 pieces 34° 33.378' / 076° 26.204' 4.4 nm from Cape Lookout Shoal buoy R"2" AR-285 - Buoy is also known as George Summerlin Reef AR-285 - Buoy.
IntermediateMax depth 65 ftBoat entry
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11Papoose Wreck
Great dive! The Papoose is lying almost upside down with only the tip of her port deck sticking up from the sand. Not only is the wreck massive and amazing, but barracuda, sand tiger sharks, and reef sharks are constantly in the area. SS Papoose was a oil tanker built in 1921 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding in San Pedro, California as SS Silvanus. As Silvanus, the ship was under Dutch ownership in 1926 when it collided with the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler in the Mississippi River, resulting in the death of 26 seamen. The Silvanus was declared a total loss and rebuilt in Beaumont, Texas. It started operating as the Papoose for the Petroleum Navigation Company in Houston, Texas in March 1927. In March 1942, it was attacked by German U-boat U-124 off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. NOTE: The shipwreck described here is actually W. E. HUTTON. SIDCO research divers proved this by archival research in early 1998 using research materials provide to us by Paul Branch, Historian, Fort Macon State Park. The original war diaries from U-124 (Mohr)state that her bridge crew watched the tanker they had just torpedoed, which had identified herself as HUTTON on 600 meter band distress freq, sink in "30-40 meters". A second tanker that was originally called "hutton" lies in 72 feet of water. In 2013, SIDCO divers located the third mast on this wreck, proving it is not "hutton", but in fact, S. S. ARIO. The only way to get to the Papoose is a 3 hour boat ride from Morehead City.
IntermediateMax depth 109.9 ftBoat entry
Cape Lookout diving guide
Ready to check out the best sites in Cape Lookout for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 11 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.