Dive Sites

Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve

Dive Sites

We are looking for pictures of shipwrecks in the South West Michigan Underwater Preserve, please contact us if you have photos.

Each year the SWMUP committee makes every effort to buoy the shipwrecks in and around the preserve, with the help of local divers, dive shops and dive clubs.

Please contact your local dive shop to confirm that the wreck sites have buoys. We would like to thank our buoy committee and Advanced Scuba for making this happen. If you dive a wreck site and the buoy is missing, please let us know, so we may re-attach it.

Please be advised you are diving at your own risk...please dive safely and within your training. For more training, please contact your local dive shop.

Wreck Name             Depth   GPS

Havana                    45'        42 11.690'N 086 25.631'W
Crane & Barge   45'      42 42.71 ‘N 086 13.92 ‘W
Verano     55'        42 30.412'N 086 15.832'W
Rockaway    60-70'   42 26.536'N 086 18.403'W
Fireboat       75'     42 38.144'N 086 15.840'W
Francie      102'   42 41.350'N 086 16.932'W
Ironsides    121'       43 02.903'N 086 19.138'W
North Shore Tug       150'    42 40.153'N 086 19.551'W
Joseph P Farran    180' 42 20.378'N 086 34.240'W
Flat Wreck   180' 42 20.796'N 086 34.328'W
Potter's Barge    200'   42 53.655'N 086 22.209'W
Hennepin 230'      42 27.645'N 086 31.783'W
H.C. Akeley    240'    42 39.524'N 086 31.637'W
Commercial Barge   250'      42 46.802'N 086.13.92 ‘W
Michigan    270'   42 48.005'N 086 30.986'W
Hamilton       42 37.501'N 086 34.328'W

All GPS Co-ordinates have not been officially verified. If you find the co-ordinates are not correct and have the correct information, please contact us.

The dive sites provided is for information only. We are not recommending any of these dive destinations. CAUTION: Some wrecks may be out of the sport diving depth limit. Use common sense and dive within your training and skill level.