Francisco Morazan Wreck (Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve)

The Francisco Morazan is a 246-ft steel package freighter that ran aground in a November 1960 snowstorm about 300 yards off the south shore of South Manitou Island, partly atop the older wreck of the Walter L. Frost. Part of the superstructure still breaks the surface, making it the most visible wreck in the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve, snorkelable and divable in roughly 0-15 ft of water within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Strong swimmers reach it from the island beach; most visitors come by kayak or boat, and the collapsing steel demands care.