Staying Home Sucks, home
Mill Cove, Nova Scotia in February 2010
Near Fox Point Beach. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Fox Point Beach

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

56Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Water 10 °C, Wind 4 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
16°C

Tue 3 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 18 out of 100

Sea
1.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 42 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
12°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 162, good
  2. Mon 259, fair
  3. Tue 362, good
  4. Wed 460, good
  5. Thu 560, good
  6. Fri 659, fair
  7. Sat 718, poor
  8. Sun 842, poor
  9. Mon 960, good
  10. Tue 1062, good

The site in six facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 10 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces SEswell from there reaches it
  • Best Jun–Aug7 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Fox Point Beach
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov62, good0.2 mflat6 kn13kn8°C
Mon 2Nov59, fair0.4 m9 kn18kn16°C
Tue 3Nov62, good0.2 mflat4 kn11kn12°C
Wed 4Nov60, good0.3 m8 kn15kn9°C
Thu 5Nov60, good0.3 m6 kn11kn16°C
Fri 6Nov59, fair0.4 m9 kn17kn15°C
Sat 7Nov18, poor1.3 m9 kn25kn14°C
Sun 8Nov42, poor0.9 m8 kn20kn12°C
Mon 9Nov60, good0.4 m6 kn21kn9°C
Tue 10Nov62, good0.2 mflat1 kn10kn9°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 00:39 +0.6 mLow 06:53 −0.5 mHigh 12:44 +0.7 mLow 19:36 −0.8 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:46 +0.6 mLow 08:09 −0.5 mHigh 13:53 +0.6 mLow 20:44 −0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:54 +0.6 mLow 09:21 −0.5 mHigh 15:05 +0.6 mLow 21:48 −0.7 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Jun–Aug

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Fox Point Beach

Nova Scotia NS-00545 - Mill Cove Wharf
Near Fox Point Beach. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Fox Point Beach

A sand dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 35 km away. The sea is about 2°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 18°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best months are usually June, July and August, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Mahone Bay.

  • What it is Sand.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 35 km away.

Water about 10°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$918–US$1,680 each

about US$918–US$1,680 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YHZ, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$201–US$422
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$918–US$1,680

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Mahone Bay

Closest

Mahone Bay

54 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Mahone Bay · Booking.com

About Mahone Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 8h

About 8h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YHZ, direct, then 1h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.