Laudgi7 if you google waters off Nova Scotia Canada you would find that we have Great White Sharks, Greenland sharks, Maco sharks, Orca Whales,Whale sharks, Harbour seals, huge red jellyfish, eels, codfish etc etc etc. Do you know how many of these I've actually seen while swimming in the oceans off Canada? Zero,(except jellyfish) which (with the exception of the absolutely not dangerous flying fish unless you're my brother) is exactly how many hammerheads and snakes I've seen here.

The water is perfectly safe, this isn't the Great Barrier reef, in fact I wish it was, it would make the snorkling better.