Aquatic Safaris
Wilmington, United States of America (USA) · Dive Center★ 4.3
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- Dive Center
- Team
- 7 PADI Instructors
Highlights
- PADI 5 Star IDC
- 7 PADI Instructors
- 1 languages spoken
About Aquatic Safaris
NC wreck diving at its best — that's the reputation Aquatic Safaris has built in Wilmington, North Carolina since 1988. Specialising in SCUBA charters, instruction, gear sales, repair and travel, this PADI 5 Star IDC centre is staffed by 7 PADI instructors who bring years of experience to every course and every dive.
Charters off Wrightsville Beach
Aquatic Safaris runs two USCG-certified custom dive boats — a 36' SeaHawk and a 48' Island Hopper — crewed by seasoned dive professionals. In the core of the season, the boats head out daily to the wrecks and ledges off Wrightsville Beach, the kind of structure-rich diving the NC coast is known for.
A wide selection of PADI courses covers everyone from new divers to those chasing professional ratings, all taught by experienced instructors. With air, nitrox, trimix and mixed-gas fills, full equipment sales and rental, an onsite classroom and retail shop, it suits divers who want a well-equipped home base for serious wreck diving.
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Location & contact
7041 Wrightsville Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, United States
+1 910-392-4386
Reviews · 3
★ 4.33 guest reviews
★ 5 · Ariel Potter · 2015-04-30Very professional and helpful.
★ 3 · ohana divers · 2009-11-24Aquatic Safaris is a standard stateside shop & dive operation. You are responsible for handling your own gear & tanks (as is the norm for NC shops). Rentals are available. If you come expecting to be pampered like at a Caribbean shop, you will be disappointed... it's just not how mid Atlantic shops operate. The store front is clean & about most of the sales staff is knowledgeable about what they sell (seasonal turnover). Many of the sales reps are college age kids, who are Advanced OW so if you're asking more advanced level questions, you'll need to save them for the instructors. The boats are well kept & well managed by the captains & dive masters. They know their dive sites and will get you in and out of the water safely. Although I haven't personally dove a tech rig with them, it's my understanding that they will accommodate Technical divers (with their own gear). The offshore wrecks AS frequents are teeming with life. Great boat to see Sand Tigers with.
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