October 25, 2016: Diamond Lake Shipwreck Night Dive – Cass, MI

October 25:  This Tuesday, I went with Kevin Ailes to Diamond Lake located in Cassopolis, MI to look at a boiler located in a weed bed and then to the opposite side of the island to dive the wreck of the “South Bend”.  We were trying to determine if the boiler was from the steam boat wreck. The boiler check was performed when we had daylight, and by the time we were on the wreck it was dark.  Pictures are of the Diamond Lake Boiler photos from Tuesday evenings dive – Dive #1 and  Diamond Lake – Wreck of the “South Bend” – Dive #2 (night time).

Nice shot of the Diamond Lake ferry crossing over. (2016-10-25 PM)
Boiler tagged with buoy. Visibility at least 6 feet.
Boiler in heavy growth of hydrizali – Water and air temp both 55F.
Typical bottom in 8 feet depth. Has about 6″ of loose pack which kicks up easily.
On the wreck at about 50′ – not too bad of visibility in spite of what you see here 🙂