Prospect Wharf

About this dive site

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Certification Level: All levels - easy site Overview Prospect Government Wharf is located in Prospect, Nova Scotia. It is ideal for trunk divers (people who don’t own boats), 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. Please be mindful of the locals and parking is limited; best to car pool is possible. This site is often known for being fairly calm and easy entrance and exit, low tide can be a little more challenging. Around the wharf its mostly silt bottom, try to be careful not to stir up too much silt. Within a short swim the bottom composition starts to change to more solid (sand and small rocks). Around the wharf you may find a large collection of old bottles, shoes, toys, old clay pipes (can sometimes be found all around this site as it was a fairly busy fishing community in the hay day) and general garbage. There have been many attempts at clean up dives and site is improving. ​The average depth of this site is 15/4.75m to 25ft/7.62m depending on tide. Aquatic life consist of mostly crabs, flounder, lobster and sculpin. While there are few hazards to this site you should be aware of boat traffic at all times.