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Liberator
 Diamond Shoals, NC
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Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Plenty To See
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Liberator is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Diamond Shoals, NC.
Diving Depths: 100-110 ft.
Current: Like most of the wreck sites up on the Diamond Shoals, the current can be so strong as to be undiveable.
Visibility:40-60ft range and highly current dependent. The sand bottom around the Liberator has more of a mud component to it than most of the other wrecks in the area and can get easily stirred up by fins, etc.
Summer Temperature:Mid to High 70s; Can be current dependent and varies at the extremes based on warmer Gulf Stream currents and cooler northern currents.
Points of Interest: Broken into 3 major pieces, the wreck site is the bow-third of the ship. Port side anchor in hawse pipe, anchor windless and various anchor machinery and anchor locker areas are the major points of ship "structure" interest.
Fish/Animal Life: Amberjack, triggerfish, black sea bass, etc seem to dominate the fish life. I have seen a sea turtle there. The sand-mud mix on the bottom seems to be a good for flounder as well. I generally have not noticed a lot of colorful tropical fish and warmer water marine life on the wreck.
Description: The wreck site represents the forward third of ship - from just forward of the midship pilot house to the bow. It is a smallish wreck site which has 3 major pieces and several smaller debris areas on the edges. Within any kind of visability, you can easily hop back and forth each of the pieces and easily circumnavigate the wreck site in a single dive.