Based out of Milwaukee, WI plus shipwrecks along the Wisconsin coast. The main diving season May to October with prime season in June, July, and August. It’s a very unique experience for many reasons. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh water. The lakes once looked like a freeway with ships everywhere. Some of these ships were not so fortunate and ended up shipwrecked due to heavy sto
rms, boiler explosions, running aground, or collisions with other ships and ice. There are thousands of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes each with its own unique history. What to expect
The water temperatures are the coldest in the spring, by summer the surface warms up to 70F depending on where you are, but the bottom temperatures stay in the low 40’s. Generally, the southern parts of lakes warm up earlier in the season than the northern parts. Lake Superior, the biggest lake, warms up the slowest. The clarity of the water is excellent due to the introduction of zebra and quagga mussels in the last several decades that reached to all of the lakes except Lake Superior, which is mostly untouched by the mussels. As a result, divers can observe many shipwreck details in Lake Superior, while the other lakes offer spectacular panoramic views of entire steamships, freighters, and schooners.
