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Bear Cove
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
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EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Bear Cove is a wreck dive site near Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, reef sharks, seals, harbor seals, nudibranchs. 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
American LobsterHomarus americanus
MackerelScomber scombrus
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
Winter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanus
SaithePollachius virens
HerringClupea harengus
CodGadus morhua- Long Rough DabHippoglossoides platessoides
Nearby sites
- 1Portugese Cove1.9 km
- 2Herring Cove3.9 km
- 3Western Reef6.3 km
- 4Metahead Bank6.4 km
- 5Ferguson's Cove7.9 km
- 6Royal Canadian Navy gate vessel HMCS Ypres (1940)8.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org