Drift Diving on 2 old shipwrecks - Marine City Michigan St Clair River

[BirdJaguar7]

Great video, I grew up in Marine City and drifted down the river many times on inner-tubes. I never knew there was old ship wrecks underneath us kids. lol -David

[allusernamesareunava]

oh wow! I'm from marine city, and I used to go swimming in the river with friends while I was in high school. We always saw people scuba diving in the river and I always wondered, "what the heck are they looking for here??" lol. I had no idea there was shipwrecks. Where abouts is this located? near anitas?

[diversnetwork]

There are a few wrecks on the stretch between MC beach and Anita's. There's not a whole lot left of the "Anita's Wreck" as we call it... just some wood, you can tell it was something. There are a lot of antique bottles and stuff sown there too.

[Waheela45]

Hey Guys, this is Dan from Capitol City Scuba. Thanks for inviting us out yesterday ! had a great time. Hope the fin I found your bud still is good.-------------------- For anyone watching this video, these are a great group o guys to dive with !

[farmsquidly]

that freighter is either going to zug island or the suncore refinery in sarnia.

[kyledupont]

That Park bench, is that over by the anchor behind anita's?

[diversnetwork]

Yes it's almost directly out from Anita's...why have you seen it?

~Rick

[kyledupont]

I live right up town so i swim up there often, but i believe its the one that some kids put down there a few years ago, I've sat on it before.

[kyledupont]

how close to the sea wall or what ever you wanna call it is the bench?

[chickenpigboy]

hello mr. Rick I had no Idea shipwrecks where in the saint clair river. thanks for the video I live in Saint Clair

[diversnetwork]

Yep...many of them in fact. The great lakes are littered with old wrecks.

~Rick

[gypsywitch1]

I remember Deanna telling me about this dive! glad I got to see it! Good to see a familiar face on youtube!

[diversnetwork]

Thanks!

Who is this?

~Rick

[gypsywitch1]

This is Stephanie Dort. Used to work at Perruche. I'm in Florida now and was just doing a search on Marine City and there was you and your house and the dive I had heard about! I remember when you two were just getting certified! How exciting for you! Ever find out what those ships were? Alot of people in Marine City used boat wood to build their houses. Maybe discarded leftovers?

[BrunosDiveShop]

Good video and great music - since you're a "solo" guy you should check out some of Ian Brown's newer solo stuff (if you haven't already).

How far along the sea wall are those wrecks and how far past them do you have to go before there's an exit point?

[diversnetwork]

Hello and thanks! I'll check out Ian's stuff.

This drift was from Marine City beach and came out at Anita's restaurant...maybe 3/4 of a mile. The 1st wreck is maybe 10 minutes into the drift. it's quite big but a lot is buried still. The 2nd wreck is right behind anita's and is quite popular. not much of it left. 1st exit point is about 5 blocks. then there are a few ladders built into the seawall every few blocks after that.

[BrunosDiveShop]

Unfinished Monkey Business is a good album - search "Corpses in their mouths" on YouTube.

I jumped in from the beach a little way north earlier this year and was surprised at how strong the current was! I loved it and have been looking out for accessible river wrecks, if only I had known I was so close!

[diversnetwork]

Actually that's a great dive!

We've went in at Marwood, about a mile north of the beach and came out at Anita's... 1 1/2 miles total drift. The current before hte beach is very fast because the river bottlenecks there. We dive all winter. Feel free to dive with us. I stopped in and got a tour from Bruno a few months back. He's still going to redo my drysuit zipper. I was the "former" dive rite rep and mentioned that while there. maybe we met... unless you are Bruno, then indeed we have.

[BrunosDiveShop]

Ha! No, this is Rick - Bruno's more of an oldies man, not quite so down with the Stone Roses!

I don't think we met but thanks for the offer, I will definitely take you up on it some time.

[metfanlisa]

Best vid thus far Rick. James and I really need to get up there and try that out.

[diversnetwork]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Let us kow when you in the area!.

~Rick