BLACK ROCK

Arguably the best place to immerse yourself in the Bay of Fundy is Black Rock. Yes the much talked of Black Rock . The Black Rock of swim-throughs , of fabled cannons , and mysterious endless anchor chains. When diving Black Rock once is definitely not enough.
The swift nourishing tidal flow that sweeps the rock makes sure that the marine life of the bay is abundant. Gardens of anemones like landscaped flower beds slope into the distance. A huge tufted orange ball looms on the edge of visibility materializing as a boulder of feeding soft corals. Those same currents bring swarms of plankton, which are sometimes followed by schools of fish, and on one lucky day a whale.
One of the great shots in any scuba magazine is the one of the diver framed by the swim-through. Black Rock may not have tropical visibility but swim-throughs it has. Over the years one has shrunk due to the prolific marine growth but a dedicated circumnavigation of the rock will produce others. They may be short but they still have that adventurous mystique about them.
That's Black Rock in a periwinkle shell. After many dives here I've found swim-throughs and seen cannons ( now gone ) , had run ins with wolf fish and lobster , watched whales and seen white sided dolphins. Maybe Black Rock is the best all around dive site in the bay. Check it out and decide for your self.
Enjoy diving ,

p.s. Those strong currents at Black Rock have been known to prompt a certain divemaster , who shall remain nameless , to utter the infamous phrase, " jump and swim like hell ! ". A future story perhaps.
D.L.

Story supplied by: David Logan