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Ferguson's Cove
Halifax South End, Nova Scotia, Canada
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Ferguson's Cove is a dive site near Halifax South End, 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, nudibranchs, 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
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
Forbes'S Sea StarAsterias forbesi
SaithePollachius virens
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
Nearby sites
- 1Royal Canadian Navy gate vessel HMCS Ypres (1940)2.2 km
- 2Norwegian barque Tordenskjold (1879)2.3 km
- 3American (Virginia) brig, name unknown (1824)2.4 km
- 4Schooner Gertrude de Costa (1950)2.4 km
- 5CN Barges (3), c. 19412.6 km
- 6Schooner Reaper (1899)2.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org