Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Browns Bay
26 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Susannah Williams
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (measured)
55.040103428756, -1.4304925972796
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Browns Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Leeds
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 26 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 83 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 55.040103428756
Longitude: -1.4304925972796
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with some rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7.3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10812 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing wire
Fishing lures
Comments and Feedback
A brilliant dive at Browns Bay. It has been a year since we last visit to Browns Bay and we were really excited to be back in the water here. The dive didn't disappoint as we spotted 2 different species of Nudibranch, a meter long Dogfish, crabs, lobsters, different Blennies and Gobbies and a huge cod. Its a good sign the waters here are healthy. However, we did find trash. Unfortunately we found a lots of fishing wire. The fishing wire was wrapped around the kelp and very entangled. We had to cut 12 different pieces of wire from kelp during the dive. Its easy to see how marine life would become entangled in 30m of fishing wire. A great dive site and I would highly recommend having a dive here.
