Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Old Lifeboat Slip, Newquay
12 August, 2017
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson, Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (measured)
50.423060251374, -5.0964044527288
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Old Lifeboat Slip, Newquay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Fathoms Free
- City
- Newquay
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 12 August, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.423060251374
Longitude: -5.0964044527288
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 23 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 28 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
