Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS307 - Portmellon
12 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- David SKinner
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (measured)
50.2619, -4.7862
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS307 - Portmellon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Viewpoint Diving Cornwall
- City
- Pentewan
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 12 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.2619
Longitude: -4.7862
- Weather Conditions
-
Easterly wind bringing in rough seas into the bay, rain washing from local fields.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bay with Roky reef at edges
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Gloves (latex) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
