Wreck
down to 9 m
Conception Harbour Whaling Wrecks
Shore dive to whaling wrecks: the Southern Foam and Sukha lie in about thirty feet of water just off the stranded SS Charcot.
- Open Water
Experienced≤40 m
SS Lord Strathcona
Dive site in Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
Bell Island wreck with many open swim-throughs, a stern superstructure and a sizeable stern gun.
- Max depth
- 38 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
The story
Sunk by a German U-boat at Bell Island's loading docks in the same attack as the Saganaga. All twenty-nine men killed in that attack were aboard the Saganaga, none on the Lord Strathcona.
Source: tdisdi.com
The dive
A wreck dive.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: divernet.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Anemones
- Jellyfish
Season in Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland)
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jun–Sep.
Source: divernet.comWhere is Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland)?
The point shows the Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland) area, not the exact dive site.
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- Advanced
- Lumpfish
Wreck
down to 50 m
SS Rose Castle
The 459-foot Rose Castle is considered the jewel of the Bell Island shipwrecks, with soft coral and basket stars.
- Experienced
- Anemones
Flooded mine
down to 30 m
Bell Island #2 Mine
Flooded iron mine under Bell Island: follow pipe-works and pumps left in the workings that fed Allied WWII shipbuilding.
- Technical
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.