Ebar Ward - Great Lakes
Ebar Ward in the Great Lakes offers a unique freshwater diving experience. We've found the visibility can vary significantly, often depending on recent weather and boat traffic. Divers here typically explore submerged structures and the occasional artifact, though we haven't encountered any significant wrecks. It's a spot best suited for divers keen on exploring local history and conditions rather than abundant marine life.
- Location
- Great Lakes, United States, North America
- Coordinates
- 45.813835, -84.668830
Nearby Dive Sites in Great Lakes
- Alexander Reef (reef)
- A. R. Colborn and Crane (Wrack) (wreck)
- Bermuda Wreck - 10-30m (wreck)
- Blue Water Lake
- Boulton Reef (reef)
- Car Bodies (wreck)
- Cedarville (Wrack) (wreck)
- Depot beach
- Elmwood Wreck (wreck)
- Glenlyon
- Grand Reef (reef)
- Higgins lake
- Ironsides Reef (reef)
- Ironsides Wreck - 25-40m (wreck)
- LifeWaters World Headquarters
Nearest Dive Centres to Ebar Ward
- Aqua Center - ["PADI"]
- Aqua Diving School - PADI, SDI
- Azimuth Scuba
- Below H2O
- Diventures
- DiVentures
Marine Life in Great Lakes
Home to 30 recorded species including 27 reef fish, 2 other, 1 sea snails & nudibranchs.
Notable Species
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
- Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) - Reef Fish
- Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - Reef Fish
- Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - Reef Fish
- Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) - Reef Fish
- Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) - Reef Fish
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) - Reef Fish
- Cisco (Coregonus artedi) - Reef Fish
- White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - Reef Fish
- Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) - Reef Fish
- Jasper Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) - Reef Fish
- American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) - Reef Fish
- burbot (Lota lota) - Reef Fish
- Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - Reef Fish
- Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - Reef Fish
- coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Reef Fish
- Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) - Reef Fish
- sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
- Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
- Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) - Reef Fish