Paradis Marin - New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy
Paradis Marin is a cool, clear dive, typical of the Bay of Fundy. You'll drop into kelp beds where lobsters and crabs pick their way across the rocks. Keep an eye out for nudibranchs on the fronds. It's a solid choice for local divers looking for a straightforward, temperate water experience.
- Location
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada, North America
- Coordinates
- 48.278908, -69.451870
Marine Protected Area: Anse à la Cave Water Fowl Gathering Area
Nearby Dive Sites in New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy
- Baie de la Vieille
- Barge (wreck)
- Bergeronne Trader - 15-30m (wreck)
- Bilbo
- Blehem
- Brise Lame
- CARABOBO - 4m (wreck)
- Cayes Noires (reef)
- Empress of Ireland (wreck)
- Epave (wreck)
- Escoumins
- Germanicus
- GIUAN - 2m (wreck)
- Grande Ile
- Guian
Nearest Dive Centres to Paradis Marin
Marine Life in New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy
Home to 154 recorded species including 78 reef fish, 16 whales & dolphins, 15 sharks & rays, 8 crabs & lobsters, 8 seagrass & algae, 8 other.
Notable Species
- Protestant (Clupea harengus) - Reef Fish
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) - Reef Fish
- Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis) - Reef Fish
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias) - Sharks & Rays
- American Lobster (Homarus americanus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) - Reef Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
- Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Whales & Dolphins
- Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) - Sharks & Rays
- Atlantic Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Starry Ray (Amblyraja radiata) - Sharks & Rays
- witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) - Reef Fish
- saithe (Pollachius virens) - Reef Fish
- Smooth skate (Malacoraja senta) - Sharks & Rays
- long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) - Reef Fish
- American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) - Reef Fish
- Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) - Reef Fish
- four-bearded rockling (Enchelyopus cimbrius) - Reef Fish
- harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Whales & Dolphins
- knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) - Seagrass & Algae