Lake Michigan dives spring/summer 2015

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Octopusprime

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I'm interested in diving Lake Michigan this spring summer. I am looking for advice on what wrecks to see.

i would like to stay between 90-110ft bottom non deco dives.
I would also like an open penetrable wreck in a max of 90ft of water.
 
I have looked at these, all sound great. But there is a lot of information on the history but not on the dive. Depth is all the sand not average dive and does not say if it is a beginner or Extreme penetrable wreck. I also would like to know average bottom temp spring, summer, fall. I am fine with 40 deg at the coldest if that means I need to wait till June or July I will

---------- Post added February 9th, 2015 at 09:26 AM ----------

I was looking at the Buccaneer and the Straits of Mack... Both are more than 60 ft and look penetrable?
 
Out of Milwaukee there are several that qualify for your wants.
1 The Willy (Prins Willem V)
2 The Car Ferry Milwakee
3 The No. 6 Dredge
4 The Tug Gillen

They are all at less than120 ft to the sand and penatrable to some extent by nontech divers, some more than others. I have dove all of them several times and the dives are fairly easy or very difficult depending how far you want to go inside some of the wrecks. Water temps on the bottom run mid to low 40's in the summer, dry suit temps for most people but I have seen 3 days of 2 dives a day done in wetsuits.
 
I'm interested in diving Lake Michigan this spring summer. I am looking for advice on what wrecks to see.

I posted a series of nice intact wrecks on the Great Lakes Wrecking Crew page. There are a few that will be beyond your 90ft limit, but many will reach that.
 

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