Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast Friends

05/22/2026

Field Season incoming!! 🛟⚓🌊⛴

This week, NOAA's Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary staff helped transit the sanctuary's research vessel across Lake Michigan from Muskegon!

Working with NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, sanctuary staff got to transit their new 36' vessel across Lake Michigan to start off the field season! Next step is buoy installations!

Soon, sanctuary staff and NOAA divers will be headed out onto Lake Michigan to start this year's field operations. Over the next few weeks, many of our 16 surface mooring buoys will be installed and ready for diving! Stay tuned for up-to-date information on installations!

05/09/2026

Next weekend is going to be great!

05/05/2026

Another great poster for another Great Lakes National Marine Sanctuary!!

Check out our fellow freshwater sanctuary: NOAA's Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary!

🎊 You have been waiting for it, now it’s here! 🎊 Our newest poster is definitely worthy of the beauty and history of NOAA's Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary!

⚓️ Lake Ontario is a historically rich area where the long relationship between human activity and the maritime environment has created meaning and a sense of place. 🌅As the easternmost Great Lake, it is a critical transition point between inland freshwater shipping and global maritime trade. The area is known for its high number of shipwrecks, many of which are accessible by recreational divers. 🤿

About the artwork: Light filters through the clear, cool waters of Lake Ontario, revealing one of the many shipwrecks resting in Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Scuba divers explore the preserved remnants of a historic wooden vessel as fish move through the structure. Preserved by cold freshwater, the sanctuary’s shipwrecks offer a window into the Great Lakes’ past, with new stories continuing to emerge through exploration.

Celebrate and check out this stunning poster (both sides!) by visiting: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/posters/lake-ontario/.

🎨: Matt McIntosh/NOAA

04/16/2026

What an amazing night!!! 🎬🎥🌊

Thank you to everyone who came out to the 2nd Annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival last Friday night and made it a great success!! We had over 200 people in attendance!!

Thank you to all our partners who helped make this event a success: NOAA's Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and the International Ocean Film Festival!

And a huge thank you to all our sponsors as well: Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association - WUAA, Lake Coast Local, Manitowoc Marina, Bank First, and Petskull Brewing!!

See you all next Spring!! 🎬🌊

04/09/2026

The 2nd Annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival is just ONE DAY away!! 🎥🎬⚓ Will you be there?!

📅 April 10
⏰ 6 – 8:30 pm
📍 Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance
🗺️ Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Come join us and NOAA's Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary for the second annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival, April 10! This year’s event will feature ten local and international films celebrating the ocean and our Great Lakes! Doors open at 5pm!

To learn more and grab your tickets, visit: https:https://shipwreckcoastfriends.org/events/

See you there!! 🌊

04/08/2026

This Friday!! The Wisconsin 2nd Annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival !! Check it out!

Visit our website at shipwreckcoastfriends.org/events to learn more!

Manitowoc hosts the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival on April 10 with 10 short films about shipwrecks. Tickets are $5. 🌊 See link below ⬇️

📸 Provided by Alyssa Saldivar

04/06/2026

Join us this Friday!!! 🎬🌊🎥

04/03/2026

The 2nd Annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival is just ONE WEEK away!! 🎥🎬⚓ Do you have your tickets yet?!

📅 April 10
⏰ 6 – 8:30 pm
📍 Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance
🗺️ Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Come join us for the second annual Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival, April 10! This year’s event will feature ten local and international films celebrating the ocean and our Great Lakes!

Doors open at 5pm for snacks and a cash bar featuring a special, one-night-only local beer in the lobby. Tickets are only $5!

🖱 To learn more and snag your tickets, visit: https://shipwreckcoastfriends.org/event/second-annual-wisconsin-shipwreck-coast-international-film-festival-2026/

See you there!! 🌊

04/02/2026

Next Friday! Come join us! 🎥🌊

04/01/2026

🎬🎥🌊 Just over one week away!!