Grand Reef - Great Lakes
Diving Grand Reef in the Great Lakes is a different kind of experience, a freshwater immersion that shows you the surprising life beneath the surface. Forget the usual coral and tropical fish; here, it’s about a rugged, rocky landscape shaped by ice and time. We've seen fat burbot cruising the bottom, schools of yellow perch darting through the clearer patches, and the occasional pike watching from the shadows. It’s a dive for those who appreciate the unique beauty of temperate waters and want to tick off some North American endemic species.
- Location
- Great Lakes, United States, North America
- Coordinates
- 48.316790, -89.183420
- Type
- reef
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
- Ebar Ward
- Elmwood Wreck (wreck)
- Glenlyon
- Higgins lake
- Ironsides Reef (reef)
- Ironsides Wreck - 25-40m (wreck)
- LifeWaters World Headquarters
Nearest Dive Centres to Grand Reef
- 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