Cloud Lake is a lake in Kings, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Cloud Lake?

Cloud Lake has a maximum depth of 52.5 feet and an average depth of 18.4 feet. The lake covers 436.1 acres.

Cloud Lake

Kings, Nova Scotia176 haView map Directions

NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Cloud Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

5.8 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1978

Max depth

16 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

176 ha

Surface area

53 ft max depth
Limited data

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Cloud Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 52.5 ft. Surface area: 436.1 acres.

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Cloud Lake is a 436-acre lake in Kings County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 53 feet (18-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1978-08-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Cloud Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water18.9 ft of visibility
Deep water52.5 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Cloud Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Cloud Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Cloud Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Crystal clear, you can see 18.9 ft down. TSI 35.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.75m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus		No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	35	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

16 m

Average depth

5.6 m

Surface area

176 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Cloud Lake

Where is Cloud Lake?: Cloud Lake is a lake in Kings, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cloud Lake?: Cloud Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 52.5 ft. Surface area: 436.1 acres.
Is Cloud Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Cloud Lake?: Cloud Lake has a maximum depth of 52.5 feet and an average depth of 18.4 feet. The lake covers 436.1 acres.