Paddy's Head is an excellent site for all levels of certification, its a fantastic site for open water courses . It is located in Indian Harbour off of Paddy's Head Road in St. Margaret's Bay. It is just a short drive from Tantallon on highway 333 heading towards Peggy's Cove. Due to its' location and topography, Paddy's Head has an abundance of sea life ranging from lobsters to many fish such as sculpins, flounders, sea ravens and torpedo rays. Paddy's Head faces Northwest, so the best days to dive the site are on a East, Southeast or Northeast wind. Winds from the West can create large waves and surge. ​ Paddy's Head has ones of the easiest entry/exit. The depth ranges from 5ft/5m to 60ft/18.29m, the average depth is 20ft/6.1m. The deeper areas take good gas management to reach or surface swim. The bottom composition is mostly gentle sloping sand bottom bordered by rocky shoreline, with various areas covered with eel grass or kelp. From the entry at the beach, if you head on a bearing of 330 degrees you will reach the training block in a depth ranging from 18ft/5.49m to 22ft/6.71m depending on the tides, great location to attach a diver float (approx 33m/100ft from shore). Upon departing from the training block if you swim straight for approx 25ft/7.62m you'll hit a large boulder, take a slight 15 degree turn to the left and you will see the lobster habitats at a depth ranging from 25/7.62m-30ft/9.14m; the habitats were placed there by DFO for a study on habitat replacement. The left side of the cove yields big patches of eel grass that follow the cove out to depths that can reach 60ft/18.29m and over. On the North end of the cove, there are many large boulders linear to the training block at a similar depth of about 20ft/6.1m where you can find many large lobsters that have made their homes there. Once you get around the bend and swim over a rock wall, the depth can easily reach 60ft/18.29m and greater. https://www.eastcoastscuba.com/paddy-s-head-dive-site