https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/blog/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:55:33 +0000 Diving into History https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/blog/post/diving-into-history/ https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/blog/post/diving-into-history/#comments https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/blog/post/diving-into-history/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0400

Scuba Diving magazine Readers Choice Awards consistently rank North Carolina as a top spot for U.S. wreck-diving. The coastal waters surrounding Wilmington and its island beaches afford a bevy of shipwrecks that interpret the region’s maritime heritage. In this two-part series, Dr. Gordon P. Watts, Jr. (N.C.’s first underwater archaeologist) takes us on a dive back in time to explore sunken blockade runners.

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