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Certification Level: All levels - easy site
Overview
Black rock beach is located in Point Pleasant Park close to downtown Halifax NS. It is ideal for trunk divers (people who don’t own boats) that want to test out some new gear, or just don’t feel like traveling too far, or are new to diving and want to get a nice easy dive under their belt. There is a large parking lot when you enter the site so you won’t have any trouble finding parking. I personally recommend parking close to the beach wh…
Certification Level: All levels - easy site
Overview
Black rock beach is located in Point Pleasant Park close to downtown Halifax NS. It is ideal for trunk divers (people who don’t own boats) that want to test out some new gear, or just don’t feel like traveling too far, or are new to diving and want to get a nice easy dive under their belt. There is a large parking lot when you enter the site so you won’t have any trouble finding parking. I personally recommend parking close to the beach where there is a wall that you can easily don and doff your gear.
The beach is sandy and has a nice slope to it that will help with entering and exiting the water. One thing to keep in mind is that there is quite a lot of sediment which can cause low visibility if you stir up the bottom. It can take several minutes to clear up.
There are also rocks on both sides of the beach so take a bearing of 080 degrees towards the small wreck (indicated by the orange triangle on the image below) from the beach. Make sure you refer to the site map in order to ensure your safety.
There is a second wreck quite far out adjacent to the container jetty it is on a bearing of 095 degrees if you reach a depth of 50 ft or deeper you have gone too far.
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