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Africville Ramp Dive Site
Convoy Place, Nova Scotia, Canada
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Africville Ramp Dive Site is a dive site near Convoy Place, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, seals, harbor seals, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 0 to 17 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
SaithePollachius virens
MackerelScomber scombrus
Northern Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Forbes'S Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
CodGadus morhua
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
Nearby sites
- 1MacDonald Bridge2.8 km
- 2Black Rock Beach3.7 km
- 3Wellesly Rock5.1 km
- 4Chicken Rocks5.7 km
- 5Mill Cove Marina6.1 km
- 6Schooner Reaper (1899)8.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org