Shipwrecks and other dive sites near the Buffalo / Tonawanda area

[EAN]

I wanted to see what you guys consider the best dive sites in the area. I know there are some nice wrecks not far away. The only dive I have done there is the Niagara drift dive. Please list your favorite dive sites with location, depth, and other info if possible.

Thanks,
EAN

 

[rhwestfall]

not much close to Buffalo -

The Tonawanda is basically a timber pile with a gearbox and a damaged prop (50') and is technically in Canadian waters
Off Crystal Beach in ft. Erie is the Raleigh which is a bunch of gear on a pile of timbers (30').
the hull sticking out of the water east of it is the "Steel Products"
The Richardson is off buffalo, but was dynamited due to being a navagation hazard so there is nothing left of it
There is another tug (Acme?) off Buffalo - don't know what is really left of it
Barge 42 is in Buffalo Harbor on the breakwater

Most of the better stuff is off Dunkirk/Fredonia, but can get deep, and out in open water in between Barcelona and Erie, Pa., and as far as Presque Isle...

A.B. Wilson & Pasaic are the shallow ones, stuff like the Boland, Dean Richmond, Finney, Carlingford, McGrath, Brunswick, Washington-Irving, Niagara, Betty Hedger, Indiana, Martin etc. are deep


Off Pt. Colborne is the Benson - a Canadian National Heritage Site

 

[EAN]

Thanks for the info.

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[Tavi]

Lake Erie has a lot of awesome shipwrecks!! The Deeper ones are well worth the extra certifications and gear. The deeper you go the better they get. Check out the website for Osprey Charters