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Home Wreck

Wisconsin, United States
Technical depth (~165 ft)50 m (164 ft) depthBoat entry

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Home Wreck at a glance

Home Wreck is an expert boat dive site in Wisconsin, United States with depths of up to 50 m (164 ft). Typically most favorable Jul · from 3 years of archive data. Divers commonly see Burbot. Check the latest conditions and entry details before you go.

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Site hazards: Technical depth (~165 ft) · Very cold dark water at depth · Offshore exposure

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Dive windows this week

Mon13:00–15:00 moderate

18 kn wind (18 kn wind)

Tue8:00–9:00 moderate, 13:00–18:00 moderate

17 kn wind (17 kn wind)

Wed8:00–18:00 favorable

9 kn wind (9 kn wind)

Thu8:00–9:00 moderate, 9:00–18:00 favorable

8 kn wind (8 kn wind)

Fri8:00–18:00 favorable

7 kn wind (7 kn wind)

Sat8:00–18:00 favorable

11 kn wind (11 kn wind)

Sun8:00–18:00 favorable

6 kn wind (6 kn wind)

Favorable windowModerate window— no window

Every forecast dive window each day, site-local time, from wind forecasts. Numbers under each bar are daylight averages.

First light 6:49 · Sunrise 7:19 · Sunset 17:49 · some windows run past sunset

Source: Open-Meteo wind · updated 26 Oct, 12:26 GMT-5

Forecast only — always assess conditions on site.

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Recent diver reports

Dated firsthand observations from divers — not current conditions.

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What Divers Say

Best time: July-September, settled weather

Based on community reviews and site data. Conditions vary — always verify before diving.

Best months, historically

What conditions have historically been typical at this site, month by month — not a forecast.

  1. January, 19% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  2. February, 11% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  3. March, 15% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  4. April, 17% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  5. May, 33% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 16 knots
  6. June, 27% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 16 knots
  7. July, 44% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 15 knots, historically most favorable
  8. August, 39% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 16 knots
  9. September, 40% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 15 knots
  10. October, 6% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  11. November, 11% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots
  12. December, 11% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 20 knots

July has typically had the largest share of favorable days here. Conditions vary year to year — this is historical context, not a forecast.

Based on 3 years of archive data. Bar height shows the share of days each month whose conditions have historically scored favorably.

Marine life seen at this site

Species noted at this site — not a promise of what you’ll encounter.

Species seen here

Rough labels: “Commonly seen” usually means two or more recorded sightings near this site in public dive logs (GBIF), “Occasionally seen” one; “Seasonal” and “Rarely seen” come from dive-guide research. Not a measured rate.

Fills & rentals nearby

No dive shops mapped within 25 km (16 mi). Know one? Add it to the map.

Data updated June 2026

Site details

The two-masted schooner Home (built 1843) sank after colliding with the schooner Fiske on October 17, 1858, and lies upright and mostly intact in about 165 ft of water off Centerville, between Manitowoc and Sheboygan. Found by divers in 1981, it is the second-oldest shipwreck located in Wisconsin waters; the recovered foremast is displayed at Rogers Street Fishing Village in Two Rivers. A cold, deep technical dive within the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast NMS.

boatwreck

Technical depth (~165 ft) — decompression dive

Very cold dark water at depth

Offshore exposure

Fragile pre-Civil War structure — no contact

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