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Portugese Cove
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp0–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Aug
About this site
Portugese Cove is a 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
CodGadus morhua
Long Rough DabHippoglossoides platessoides
HerringClupea harengus
MackerelScomber scombrus
Winter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanus- Snow CrabChionoecetes opilio
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
Nearby sites
- 1Bear Cove1.9 km
- 2Metahead Bank5.1 km
- 3Herring Cove5.6 km
- 4Western Reef6.8 km
- 5Daniel Stienman9.3 km
- 6Royal Canadian Navy gate vessel HMCS Ypres (1940)9.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org