Enhancing Public Knowledge and Participation toward the Preservation of Irreplaceable, Submerged Resources featuring the shipwreck believed to be

Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge.

The North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch in partnership with Carteret County dive operations and tourism businesses offers recreational divers with a unique, exciting, and enjoyable diving experience, the aim of the Dive Down program is to convey the historical, archaeological, geological, and ecological importance of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site to encourage its future preservation and study, and to advocate for the appreciation of North Carolina's submerged cultural resources by encouraging divers to use this multidisciplinary approach for their own individual wreck diving experiences.