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

How deep is Moody Lake?

Moody Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 8.5 feet. The lake covers 142.8 acres.

Moody Lake

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

Clarity

0.4 m

Murkier than most

Secchi · sampled 1979

Max depth

11 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

58 ha

Surface area

36 ft max depth
Limited data

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Moody Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 m visibility. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 142.8 acres.

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Moody Lake is a 143-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 36 feet (9-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1979-08-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Moody Lake is good for

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Deep water36.1 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 Moody 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 Moody Lake

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

Very murky, less than 1.2 ft of visibility. TSI 74.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	0.37m	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.	74	Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

11 m

Average depth

2.6 m

Surface area

58 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Moody Lake

Where is Moody Lake?: Moody Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Moody Lake?: Moody Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 m visibility. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 142.8 acres.
Is Moody Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Moody Lake?: Moody Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 8.5 feet. The lake covers 142.8 acres.