Polly Cove
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About this site
Polly Cove is a shore dive in St Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, suited to all levels. The walk to the entry is long, almost 0.4 km to the foundations and then another 152 m to the water. There is a small parking lot but no restrooms.
Just off the entry a vertical wall starts in 4.5 m and drops to about 12 m. The bottom is mostly coarse sand littered with sand dollars, crabs and lobsters. A wreck once lay in 7.6 m about halfway between the entry and the large island to the south, but very little of it remains.
The surrounding islands give shelter, and the cove is best dived when the wind blows offshore. High slack tide gives the best visibility.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
LobsterLobsterReported here · unconfirmed
American LobsterHomarus americanusReported here · unconfirmed
European Green CrabCarcinus maenasReported here · unconfirmed
Red-fingered CoryphellaCoryphella verrucosaReported here · unconfirmed
Crowned SeaslugDoto coronataReported here · unconfirmed
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