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Birchy Head Dive Site
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp1–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Aug
About this site
Birchy Head Dive Site is a dive site near Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, nudibranchs, jacks, reef sharks, seals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 1 to 16 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
American LobsterHomarus americanus
MackerelScomber scombrus
CunnerTautogolabrus adspersus
SaithePollachius virens
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Winter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanus
Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Sea RavenHemitripterus americanus
Nearby sites
- 1Mill Cove Beach2.1 km
- 2Mill Cove Wharf Jetty Side2.1 km
- 3Mill Cove Wharf Beach Side2.1 km
- 4The Lodge2.2 km
- 5Fox Point Beach3.0 km
- 6Admirals Point6.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org