Winnipesaukee Wreck Site List

[painthappy]

Rich, by all means, go head. All the information is for the community at large.

I'm going to add the LAT and LONG here shortly also.

Edit: The lat/long were there, but not overly visible. Added them in and spaced everything out better.

There is a way to attach photos to these and I see there are some taken, so maybe we can add those also?

That being said, my replacement divemaster card just came in so I'll be ready to go come summer to hit a bunch of these spots with one of the outfits that goes around.


Carter

[Rich]

Thanks, I hope it will be useful and make it easy to locate.

[Leoskeys]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Any of these shallow enough to see snorkeling? I was looking for one off Little Bear today that bizer shows as shallow, but no luck.

[Diver1111]

The only one that might work for snorkeling is the Scamp in Paugus Bay in about 16 feet of water:

43 35.264N / 71 28.216W

I don't see any wrecks around Little Bear on Bizer.

[Leoskeys]

sorry, i meant the one off Little Barndoor, on the Wolfeboro Bay side. Bizer says rowboat in 14 feet of water.

[SIKSUKR]

You can snorkel the one off Steamboat Isle.

[Cobalt 25]

I have been snorkeling a barge in the Scamp area of Paugus Bay for maybe 30 years. Three generations of my family have enjoyed it. It is only about 15' off shore and used to have a crooked white birch tree marking it. That tree is no longer there.

I'm 6'5" and I can stand on one of the corners of the barge and my head is out of the water. The deep end may be in 18' of water. Lots of fish, it is a great barge to snorkel.

So I don't really know if "my" barge is the Scamp or not, but it is fun to snorkel. I will post the lat/lons next time I go.

[Pricestavern]

Originally Posted by Leoskeys

sorry, i meant the one off Little Barndoor, on the Wolfeboro Bay side. Bizer says rowboat in 14 feet of water.

I've scouted the area (from the surface) and have never been able to find it.

[Senter Cove Guy]

I've known about this wreck for a few years but only got around to diving it today:
W. Little Bear Island wreck
N 43 38.448 W 71 19.850

GPS numbers are spot on. I dropped my marker flag 4 feet from the wreck.
Measured it at 24 feet in length with my marked wreck reel line.
It's on a slope with the bow in 37 feet and the stern in 35 feet.
Today at 37 feet it was 54 degrees.
It is a neat wreck, burned, very deep hold area. The engine, prop & rudder are still there.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by painthappy

Rich, by all means, go head. All the information is for the community at large.

I'm going to add the LAT and LONG here shortly also.

Edit: The lat/long were there, but not overly visible. Added them in and spaced everything out better.

There is a way to attach photos to these and I see there are some taken, so maybe we can add those also?

That being said, my replacement divemaster card just came in so I'll be ready to go come summer to hit a bunch of these spots with one of the outfits that goes around.


Carter

I took some time over the winter to implement the Wreck list into WinniGas:

https://winnigas.com/wreckmap


I'd appreciate if people could review this and please feel free to make suggestions and/or provide any feedback on the wreck list.

If you see any corrections needed to this information, feel free to use the "Contact US" feature of the website, or send me a message here.

I'll also be happy to add any new sites. The minimum information I need is the Name, Description (include depth if known), LAT/LON. See the current listings for examples.

Of course, this is a community project, I'm simply drawing from the work previously reported here on the forum.

My goal is to make this Wreck list an easy to find and use resource for boaters (and divers) on the lake. I hope people will find it useful.

I'm reporting this here first! After some review, feel free to spread the word about this.