Superior Trips 2023 Season Schedule
Updated 5/15/2023
The 2023 calendar is the tentative schedule for the season. I have retired from running scuba charters and Isle Royale Trips. I am eight years into now an eight year voyage to circum-navigate the Great Lakes. In 2016 we circum-navigated Lake Superior and in 2017 we cruised across Lake Superior and zig-zagged through Lake Huron and crossed half way across Lake Erie. In 2018 we made a loop starting at Fairport Harbor, OH through Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, up the St. Lawrence 30 miles then through the Trent Seaverns Waterway to Georgian Bay then back down Lake Huron west shore and back to Fairport Harbor. In 2019 we again looped through Lake Erie, Lake Ontario then directly to the Trent Seaverns to Lake Huron. We crossed Georgian Bay and North Channel then looped around Lake Michigan only missing the northwest corner then directly back to Fairport Harbor via Lake Huron's west shore. In 2020 due to Covid and the closing of the Canadian border we cruised west through Lake Erie, up the Detroit River through Lake Huron then looping around the northern half of Lake Michigan then directly back to Lake Erie for the winter. The boat again wintered in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. In 2021 again due to Covid and the closing of the Canadian border we cruised west through Lake Erie, up the Detroit River through Lake Huron then into Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay then back to the Straits and looped around the northern half of Lake Michigan then the Straits and directly back to Lake Erie for the winter. The boat again wintered in Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
In 2022 we were on all five Great Lakes. We crossed Lake Erie eastward, to go through the Welland Canal, spent a week in the area since the Hamilton & Scourge Monitoring Project was cancelled due to insurance then headed across the the north shore of Lake Ontario diving around the Picton peninsula then to Kingston. We cruised through the Trent Severn Waterway back to Lake Huron, Georgian Bay and Tobermory then down the east shore of Lake Huron to the Thumb for a week. From there I cruised directly to Alpena, Cheboygan through the Straits to Lake Michigan, back to the Straits and back to Lake Superior Whitefish Bay diving along the way. I decided to return to Lake Erie at the end of the season for one final shot at doing the Hamilton Scourge Project in 2023. We did 57 photogrammetry model dives along the way.
In 2023 we will cruise east to the Welland Canal. If there is not HS project I will spend the extra time diving and hunting on Lake Erie. I will then cruise up the Detroit and St Clair River to Lake Huron and spend time at the Thumb then cross to Lake Huron's east shore and back to Tobermory and Georgian Bay through the North Channel to Cheboygan and Straits. From there we will work our way down the east shore of Lake Michigan as far as the Manitou Area then back to the Straits and Detour. After a week or two in the Detour area we will go through the St Mary's to Whitefish. From Whitefish we will cruise and dive along Superior's south shore to the Keewenaw with stops at Munising and Huron Islands. In the Keewenaw we will mostly be out of Eagle Harbor until making our way back to the Apostles. We will spend our time doing what we all love doing--diving, fishing, sight-seeing, and shipwreck hunting along the way. We will also make a concerted effort to photograph and make photogrammetry models of as many shipwrecks as possible along the way. My goal is to do thirty to fifty models again this summer. All trips listed are "split expenses" and typically cost around $300 to $400 per week depending on gas prices. You may sign up for them by emailing me at info@superiortrips.com or calling evenings at my phone listed on the home page. On some of the longer trips you can go for part of the trip if we can work out the ride logistics. Right now the plan is rough and I am looking for input on what you want to do on each week of the trip. All "split expenses weekends" are subject to change and reserving a spot does not require a deposit and should in no way be construed as a charter reservation commitment. The list of people signed up for each week is at the bottom of the page.
Tentative Circum-Navigation Plans
Trip Descriptions
Split Expenses Trips Planned
for 2023.
Cruise to Port Colborne (May 21 - May25) - This will be a five-day
trip. We will leave Fairport Harbor on good weather, cruise via the search
area of the Marquette & Bessemer II doing a few passes of searching then to Erie
PA. On a good weather day we will cross to Port Colborne as port of entry. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Canadian North Shore (May 27 - June 3) - This will be a week of
photogrammetry on north shore wrecks mostly near Long Point
(Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Carrie Sowden | Tamara Thomsen | |
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Canadian North Shore (June 4 - June 11) - This will be a second week
of photogrammetry on Canadian north shore. Long Point and west.
(Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Cruise N Shore L Erie (June
12 - June 18) - This will be a one week trip starting at Erieau,
Ontario across the north
shore of Lake Erie back to Lorain to the Detroit River diving some of the Lorain wrecks. Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Brian Bosveld | ||
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Detroit
River to Harbor Beach (June 19 - June 23) - This will be a five day
move the boat trip with hopefully a few photogrammetry dives along the way in
the Port Sanilac Preserve area. Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Thumb Diving (June 24-July 3) - This will
be an ten day dive trip starting the week before the July 4 weekend diving as
many of the Thumb dives as possible. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Andrew Goodman | Jon Connolly | Ken M. |
Wait List | Brian Bosveld |
Shipwreck hunt for Asia with
stops at Byng Inlet and then back through North Channel(July 4-July 15) - I
will likely cruise the boat solo from the Thumb to Tobermory then you can join
me from there or meet in Parry Sound. This will be a week of shipwreck hunting
when weather permits and sight-seeing on the remote Georgian Bay north shore.
It will start at Tobermory or Parry Sound and end at Cheboygan. Of course this search
is dependent on being granted a search license. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Cris Kohl | Jim Stayer | Pat Stayer |
Paul Pierson | Ken M. | |
Wait List |
Straits to Manitou (July 16-July 22) - This will
be two weeks of diving and shipwreck hunting Lake Michigan's east shore from the Straits to Manitou
including the Westmoreland area then back. You can join and leave anywhere along
the route subject to vehicle shuttling. This is the Straits to Manitou (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Brian Bosveld | ||
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Manitou
to Straits (July 23-July 29) - This will be a week of diving Lake Michigan's east shore from the Manitou
back to Straits
including the Westmoreland area. You can join and leave anywhere along
the route subject to vehicle shuttling. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Andrew Goodman (Partial) | Spencer Nelson | |
Brian Bosveld | Ken M. | |
Wait List |
Cruise and Dive Detour Area (July
30-August 12) - This will be two weeks of diving all of the
wrecks in the Detour area including the Celtic and Russia but many shallow
wrecks in the river and inlets. I will likely bring the boat from the Straits to
Detour solo although if I have someone to go along we could do the deeper wrecks
off Cheboygan. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Whitefish Bay (Aug
13
- Aug 19) - This trip will start at the Soo and do the Mather then we will cruise the boat to Paradise where we will spend the rest of
the week diving the other wrecks Comet, maybe Zillah, and Vienna in Whitefish. We will be doing both tek and recreational diving mostly doing
photogrammetry but you can dive as you want. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Whitefish Bay (Aug
14
- Aug 20) - This trip will start at the Paradise and work our way to
Grand Marias. We will be doing both tek and recreational diving mostly doing
photogrammetry. You can also just do your thing diving. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Lake Superior South Shore Grand Marias to
Munising
(Aug 20-Aug 26) - We will cruise and dive from Grand Marias to Munising diving and cruising. This will be
recreational diving only. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Lake Superior South Shore Munising to Big
Bay
(Aug 27-Sept 2) - We will cruise and dive from Munising, Marquette and the Huron Is. diving and cruising. This will be
recreational diving only. We will have to backtrack a little but will end up at
Big Bay (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Andrew Goodman | ||
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Keewenaw Peninsula (Sept
3-Sept 14) - We
will cruise from Big Bay to Lac La Belle diving the Mesquite and Langham then on
to Copper Harbor. We
will spend likely two weeks shipwreck hunting, camera bouncing and
diving a few of the shallow wrecks in the Keewenaw area. (Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Jerry Eliason | ||
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |
Apostles (Sept 15 - 30) - We
will likely spend the last two or three weeks in the Apostle Islands diving and
doing photogrammetry and maybe some shipwreck hunting before heading back to
Knife River.
(Back
to Calendar)
Current Roster
Ken M. | ||
Wait List |