Lake Erie Wreck Adventure – Dive Into History!

Join Dive Buddy Scuba Adventures and Captain Peter Schaffer and Lake Erie Adventure Charters for an unforgettable two-tank wreck diving adventure! We'll explore two historic Lake Erie shipwrecks—potentially the Dean Richmond and Indiana, or the S.K. Martin and Rob Roy—with final wreck selections based on weather and the best diving conditions. Every dive is a chance to descend through history and experience some of the Great Lakes' most fascinating underwater treasures.

Advanced Open Water Certification is required. Grab your gear, buddy up, and get ready to explore the depths with an experienced captain and a great group of divers!

Dean Richmond: Propeller freighter of 238 ft sank 10/14/1893 in a terrific storm off Dunkirk, New York with its entire crew of 23. The Dean Richmond was last seen afloat badly damaged, without power and in the trough of the waves by another damaged steamer as it made for shore. For a century the Richmond was one of the most sought after lost ships of the lake. The vessel carried a valuable cargo of zinc ingots and assorted merchandise. The wreck was recently discovered by Garry Kozak after a nearly ten year search, inverted 5 miles off the Pennsylvania/New York border in 95 feet of water.

S.K Martin is a wooden steam screw ship that sank on October 12, 1912, near Erie, Pennsylvania. Carrying a cargo of coal with 12 people on board, the vessel sprung a leak during a severe storm and sank in roughly 60 feet of water. Miraculously, no lives were lost

Erie’s most unique and probably most visited wreck is the barque Indiana which is known to local divers as “The Stone Wreck”. Indiana  was 18 years old and the end of her useful life as a wooden sailing vessel when she left Buffalo bound for Cleveland in late September 1870. She carried a load of paving stone and flagging for use in construction in downtown Cleveland.