Wreckage of Civil War Ship to Be NC’s 1st Heritage Dive Site

North Carolina is opening its first heritage dive site, a Civil War blockade runner located off the coast at Fort Fisher.

The dive site within the Condor can open Friday and will provide the possibility to discover what’s described as one of the best-preserved shipwrecks about the North Carolina coast. The determination will be presented at the Fort Fisher Historic Site in Kure Beach.

The Condor ran aground and was lost about the night of Oct. 1, 1864, because it steamed through the cordon of Union naval vessels blockading the port of Wilmington.

The 218-base-long debris sets in 25 feet of water about 700 yards off the beach facing the New York Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

The site is going to be available for divers from June through November.