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Portia
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Portia is a drift and wreck dive site near Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, 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
American LobsterHomarus americanus
MackerelScomber scombrus
CodGadus morhua
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
SaithePollachius virens
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Jonah CrabCancer borealis
CunnerTautogolabrus adspersus
Nearby sites
- 1Kolkhosnik/Russian3.4 km
- 2Daniel Stienman3.9 km
- 3Metahead Bank5.6 km
- 4Terence Bay Wharf8.7 km
- 5Sandy Cove8.8 km
- 6Portugese Cove10.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org