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Black Rock Beach
Downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Black Rock Beach is a dive site near Downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes reef sharks, lobsters, nudibranchs, seals, harbor seals. 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
MackerelScomber scombrus
SaithePollachius virens
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Forbes'S Sea StarAsterias forbesi
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
Nearby sites
- 1MacDonald Bridge0.9 km
- 2Africville Ramp Dive Site3.7 km
- 3Schooner Reaper (1899)4.7 km
- 4Schooner Gertrude de Costa (1950)4.9 km
- 5British tanker Kars (1942)5.0 km
- 6CN Barges (3), c. 19415.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org