Top 10 Freshwater Dive Locations

[tbeindit]

That is an easy one. Just list your 10 favorite wrecks. The OP is in Chicago so they should be within a reasonable distance from Chicago. Visibility in Lake Michigan runs from 100 ft in the early spring to 40 to 50 ft in the summer. The attraction is some of the best preserved wrecks in the world.

Let's start with:
S.S. Wisconsin
Lady Elgin
St. Mary
Wels Burt
The Straits of Mackinac
Material Service
Seabird
Rosinco
MST728B
Fin Seeker

The Straits have magnificent diving for all skill levels, you can make almost all of the divers recreationally or you can go out to some of the deeper ones and stay longer for some technical diving.

Also, all the Great Lakes have some great diving and outstanding preservabliy, wrecks like the Windiate and Dunderburg are very intact even today

 

[captndale]

The Straits have magnificent diving for all skill levels, you can make almost all of the divers recreationally or you can go out to some of the deeper ones and stay longer for some technical diving.

Also, all the Great Lakes have some great diving and outstanding preservabliy, wrecks like the Windiate and Dunderburg are very intact even today

While I agree with your assessment of diving in the Straits, I was referring to the shipwreck named "The Straits of Mackinac" not the passage between upper Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

 

[tbeindit]

While I agree with your assessment of diving in the Straits, I was referring to the shipwreck named "The Straits of Mackinac" not the passage between upper Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Haha, my fault, I did think it was odd that you were referencing specific shipwrecks, then an entire area, so definately my mistake there. Nonetheless, there's still some great wrecks there!

 

[Blu Diver]

Once again in no particular order:

Lake Michigan
Table Rock Lake
Mermet Springs
Haigh quarry
Cerulean Quarry (now closed)
Dive Stop Quarry (close to home an easy 45 min drive)
Bonne Terre Mine (a little expensive to dive reguarly)

 

[DiverDan85]

Gilboa Quarry in ohio another good site