Diving Lake Michigan

[DiveCaptDean]

hey chad...
i opened up some material and found the wreck you are probably talking about....well, one of these two is probably what you are talking about:

possibly the "Arab"......... a 310ft wood schooner that went down in 1883.......
more probably, by your description........the "Ole" my guess is that this was some kind of tug boat or something.that went down sometime after 1914.....

both of these wrecks are on local charts as obstructions....they look like little "footballs" on the charts...i have never dove them, and am confident that i never will. whatever they are, they are bound to be absolutely destroyed...also..this is a long way for me to travel to a wreck that not too many of my patrons would want to dive..i am not aware of anyone that has dove them.

you may want to look into diving the racine reef......i have heard there are several wrecks, or dump piles there that probably have some interesting things to see.....i would be careful as you are bound to run across alot of fishing line etc....

my personal suggestions would be to get up to milwaukee and look into diving some of the shallower wrecks in our area...and then work your way to some of the deeper stuff...

you may want to get your hands on the following:

"Jerry's Shipwreck Charts" Lake Michigan Shipwrecks and dive sites from North of Port Washington to the Illinois State Line"

little bound book that Jerry Guyer..( local charter captain ) made up that has most of the local wrecks in it...and charts....there are still some that are not in there as he has found a few since putting this one out.......you will most easily find it at Pirates Cove Dive center in Milwaukee as this is the shop that Jerry owns.....
I hope this helps.....
be safe
Deano