Aqua Explorers is a dive book, video and accesory manufacturer based in Baldwin, Long Island, New York. They also own and operate Capt. Dan Berg's charter boat, "Wreck Valley." They specialize in New York and New Jersey shipwreck diving and wreck diving equipment, including charts and reels. They also provide historical information, a shipwreck diver newsletter and free weekly email dive conditions report
Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia is a non-profit society of individuals interested in the theory and practice of using ships as artificial reefs both for diver interest and environmental enhancement and study. Members are in constant contact with people worldwide looking for advise on the acquisition, preparation, placment and all other aspects of ship-based artificial reefs.
Bell Of Edmund Fitzgerald was brought to Michigan State University for restoration. The bell is now located at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Bob Hampton's Shipwrecks is a photographic tour of some of the world's great shipwrecks, including wrecks at Kwajalein Lagoon, Truk Lagoon, Rabaul PNG, Guadalcanal, North Carolina, and Florida. Bob is based in Micaville, North Carolina.
California Wreck Divers have been the premier wreck diving club on the west coast for more than 30 years. The club offers great research info on diving wrecks in California waters. Visit this entertaining and informative site to explore the California wreck world.
Capt JT's Guide to Wreck Diving site provides information on diving the wrecks along the Virginia and North Carolina Coast, which is known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic". There are detailed wreck descriptions, dive stories, and a photo gallery will numerous underwater photos of the wrecks.
CaptJT's Website provides an extensive history of German U-boats, including technical data, an extensive book list and an exhaustive listing of the best information on the fates of the boats.
Diving The Coron-Busuanga, Palawan Shipwrecks is dedicated to the diveable Japanese WW II shipwrecks in Coron-Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines, including a vicinity map and sketches of the wrecks.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Research includes an online newsgroup dedicated to Great Lakes shipwreck research and diving, as well as links to over 100 other Great Lakes specific wreckdiving and marine history websites. The site began in 1995 and includes an online Great Lakes bookstore and many other resources.
Hunting New England Shipwrecks is a comprehensive research site that provides historical information, locations and pictures of over 200 New England (US) wrecks. This fun and useful site also provides a message board, a nautical trivia quiz and online nautical charts.
iDiveOntario.com : Discover Ontario from the bottom up. Whether you are recreational diving or technical diving, Ontario's lakes and rivers can be your ultimate vacation destination. The St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes have been Canada's major fresh water route for water-going vehicles for over 300 hundred years. It is not surprising that you can discover schooners with single to four masts in these clear warm waters. Many of these ships are still resting in the same position they did when they sank centuries before. You can also find 200 foot and longer lakers with inviting visibility of over 100 feet and water ranging from 50 to 75 degrees on most dive sites depending on the time of season.
Isle Royale U.S. National Park in Lake Superior is without a doubt one of the worlds most beautiful Islands, and her Siren call will haunt your dreams. This site has info on the wrecks of the America, Chisolm, Cox, Emporer, Congdon and Monarch.
Keweenaw Underwater Preserve Pages provide historic and divesite descriptions for more than 30 shipwrecks in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. This site includes archival photos, sitemaps, wreck accounts, new research and more. This site is not simply a rehash of published dive guides and history books.
List Of Historical Shipwrecks: Sherri Davis of Seville, Spain provides this list of historical shipwrecks in Spain, Portugal, Florida and Mexico from the Spanish Archives.
Lost On Lake Huron takes you to virgin wrecks of Lake Huron that only a hand full of dedicated searchers have seen. Now, through Kenneth Lalko's work, you can see and read about these wrecks as they lie on the bottom today.
Michigan Shipwrecks is dedicated to promoting the sport of scuba diving by providing easy access to all types of dive information while preserving and protecting our valuable resources. They provide coordinates for shipwrecks around the Great Lakes area, including newly discovered wrecks.
Michigan Shipwrecks provides coordinates for the Michigan Underwater Preserve Wrecks. They provide wreck descriptions, depths, and conditions. Michigan Shipwrecks also features links to other scuba related sites.
Minnesota's Historic Shipwrecks are not limited to shipwrecks or to Lake Superior. They include the remains of ancient Indian camps that were built on now-inundated shorelines of Lake Superior and the interior lakes. Water levels have fluctuated greatly due to climatic changes, geological processes, and human interference. More recent features such as docking structures, navigation aids, and other port facilities are also present beneath the water. All of these resources can potentially tell us something about the past and add excitement to diving excursions.
Monitor was the prototype for a class of U.S. Civil War ironclad turreted warships that significantly altered both naval technology and marine architecture in the nineteenth century.Sunk during a gale in December 1862, less than a year after her commissioning, the wreck lies upside down and has suffered considerable deterioration and structural damage. The wreck lies near the northernmost limit of tropical fish, and supports a combination of temperate and tropical species, dominated by red barbier in one survey. Twenty-five species of fish have been observed, as well as a wide variety of encrusting organisms such as corals, sponges, sea squirts, sea anemones, hydroids, barnacles, mussels, and oysters.
Northern Shipwreck Database : Northern Maritime Research has been compiling a database of North American marine casualties between the 40 degree north latitude and the North Pole. The result (Aug. 1996) is more than 53,300 records of marine casualties encompassing the North Atlantic, the Great Lakes, Interior waterways, the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic. Their www (FAQ) site provides details on requesting information on specific wrecks, or acquiring a copy of the 1997 version on CD-ROM.
SinkF69 is a New Zealand website about the upcoming purposeful sinking of the retired naval frigate HMNZS Wellington. One of the last of the steam powered Leander Class procket frigates, the Wellington will make an ideal structure for life as an artificial reef off the south coast of Wellington City.
Submerged Cultural Resources Unit was formed in 1980 by the National Parks Service to formalize its efforts to investigate shipwrecks, documenting their locations and conditions. The unit is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is staffed by professional underwater archaeologists, technicians and other professionals to provide the United States national park system with the necessary expertise to fulfill its major roles. Check out the Unit's page to learn more about its important work.
Vessels Wrecked at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. was originally published in the City of Sheboygan's 1991 "Tidewater Report" and appears here with permission. It was compiled by the the late James Jetzer, a well known diver and marine historian from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Jetzer was involved in locating a number of Lake Michigan wrecks and compiled extensive files.
Whitefish Point Underwater Diving Preserve offers deep-diving experiences in Lake Superior on a variety of wood and steel-constructed shipwrecks in its 376 square mile area. These wrecks provide safe yet challenging choices for divers of all levels and experience. Dive in crystal-clear waters. The excellent underwater visibility of Lake Superior during the diving season is 30 to 50 feet at a depth of 100 feet.
Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association is a volunteer group assisting the State Underwater Arch. program with fieldwork and research. The association offers regular training classes, publishes research and a quarterly newsletter.
Wreckovery Salvage is a Florida based historic shipwreck salvage company searching for and recovering the cargo and remains of lost sailing ships. All of their excavations are performed in a sound archaeological manner. They also offer maritime history research, educational seminars, artifact conservation and supply information on treasure diving and marine archaeological methods and techniques. Financial backers are always needed and are permitted to participate in the recovery operations.
