VONJO - Nova Scotia
The VONJO wreck in Nova Scotia offers a dive into a piece of local maritime history. This 12.5-meter fishing vessel, sunk in 1984, sits upright, making for a straightforward exploration even for those newer to wreck diving. We’ve found the wheelhouse largely intact, and you can still glimpse parts of the fishing gear, like winches, now encrusted with anemones and hydroids. Visibility can vary, but on a good day, the light penetration into the open sections of the wreck is quite pretty, revealing schooling Pollock and small sculpins darting amongst the rusted metal. It’s a good choice for divers wanting an accessible wreck that still has some story left to tell.
- Location
- Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
- Coordinates
- 44.816666, -65.679170
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 60m
Best Time to Dive in Nova Scotia
The warmest water temperatures in Nova Scotia occur in August, averaging 17.1°C. The coolest conditions are in March at 1.3°C.
Monthly Water Temperatures
- January: 3.3°C
- February: 1.6°C
- March: 1.3°C
- April: 3.0°C
- May: 6.6°C
- June: 11.0°C
- July: 15.9°C
- August: 17.1°C
- September: 16.0°C
- October: 13.9°C
- November: 10.4°C
- December: 6.5°C
Nearby Dive Sites in Nova Scotia
- Africville Park
- Anemones Alley
- Arctic Trader shipwreck (wreck)
- Avondale Reef (reef)
- BALEINE - 18m (wreck)
- Bayswater
- Big Duck Island
- Birchy Head
- Black Reef (reef)
- Black Rock Beach
- Blueberry Bay Reef (reef)
- Boutiliers Point
- Boyds Reef (reef)
- Broad Bank (reef)
- Bull Reef (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to VONJO
Marine Life in Nova Scotia
Home to 80 recorded species including 48 reef fish, 9 sharks & rays, 5 crabs & lobsters, 5 whales & dolphins, 4 other, 2 starfish.
Notable Species
- American Lobster (Homarus americanus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) - Reef Fish
- Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis) - Reef Fish
- Split (Scomber scombrus) - Reef Fish
- Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) - Sharks & Rays
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias) - Sharks & Rays
- saithe (Pollachius virens) - Reef Fish
- American eel (Anguilla rostrata) - Reef Fish
- Protestant (Clupea harengus) - Reef Fish
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) - Reef Fish
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) - Reef Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
- long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) - Reef Fish
- salmon (Salmo salar) - Reef Fish
- Acadian Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) - Reef Fish
- witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) - Reef Fish
- porbeagle (Lamna nasus) - Sharks & Rays
- Starry Ray (Amblyraja radiata) - Sharks & Rays
- tusk (Brosme brosme) - Reef Fish
- Atlantic Tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) - Reef Fish
Recommended Packing List for VONJO
Based on average water temperature of 8.9°C, currents 2 cm/s.
- Drysuit - water at 9°C demands a drysuit with thermal undergarments
- Hood & Gloves (7mm+) - critical to prevent heat loss
- Mask - essential for every dive
- Fins
- BCD - buoyancy compensator
- Regulator - your most safety-critical piece of gear
- Dive Computer - tracks depth, time, and NDL
- Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) - essential for boat pickups
- Dive Torch - useful for crevices and colour at depth
- Underwater Camera - capture your diving memories