Great history, tnx. Must be an exciting place for divers. At the bottom lies a increadable story of wrecks. Are there movies or already pictures taken? Your email address will not be published. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website Got it! Photograph by Sohit Shukla. Report an Error. Want to share your tips and advice? Got questions? Visit the community forum to ask questions, get answers, meet people, and share your tips! While small in size, Biscay Bay has a big heart and is the perfect setting to enjoy a balanced lifestyle: affordable housing and land, a friendly place to raise a family, and endless ways to experience the outdoors.
Biscay Bay Population: 36 Location: Contact: Fred White Tel: Shopping: Convenience items Food service Gasoline Groceries. The Bay faces some of the harshest weather conditions in the Atlantic, mostly during the winter season.
The southwestern part of the bay is covered by large intense fog triangles during the early summer and the late spring season. The different fish that are found in the Bay of Biscay include herring, chub mackerel, anchovy, European eel, sardine, sprat, and horse mackerel. Scaleless dragonfish is commonly found in the Bay of Biscay. Depressions enter from the west very frequently and they either bounce north to the British Isles or they enter the Ebro Valley, dry out, and are finally reborn in the form of powerful thunderstorms as they reach the Mediterranean Sea.
These depressions cause severe weather at sea and bring light though very constant rain to its shores known as orballo, sirimiri, morrina, orbayu, orpin or calabobos. Sometimes powerful windstorms form if the pressure falls rapidly Galernas , traveling along the Gulf Stream at great speed , resembling a hurricane , and finally crashing in this bay with their maximum power, such as the Klaus storm.
The Gulf Stream enters the bay following the continental shelf's border anti-clockwise the Rennell Current , keeping temperatures moderate all year long. Often specialist groups take the ferries to hear more information. Many species of whales and dolphins can be seen in this area.
Most importantly, it is one of the few places where the beaked whales, such as the Cuvier's beaked whale, have been observed relatively frequently. This is the best study area in the world for beaked whales. North Atlantic Right Whales , one of the most endangered whales , once came to the bay for feeding and probably for calving as well, but whaling activities by Basques and others almost wiped them out sometime prior to s.
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