Porth Ysgaden
25 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Susannah Noble
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (measured)
52.904196862754, -4.650186201387
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Porth Ysgaden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Leeds
- City
- Tudweiliog
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 25 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 74 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.904196862754
Longitude: -4.650186201387
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy and slight winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5948 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
No events that we were aware of but interestingly the beach had a lot more debris then in the water. We found over 200 individual plastic fragments on the beach in 10 mins. I suspect a lot of the debris from the water is washed up onto the beach
Fishing line
Fishing rope
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
A new dive site for Scuba Leeds but a lovely one. Very sheltered spot, with parking very close to the water. A brilliant dive site. The debris we found here seemed to mostly be fishing activity, with some plastic, you had to really look to find the debris, but it was there. The biggest concern for debris here was fishing debris (we found wire entangled around kelp), and lots of small parts of rope. Lots of sea life was found, 2 Dogfish sightings and some very large Spider Crabs. We spotted Wrasse, Cod and Goby here. Would highly recommend this dive spot. We completed a beach clean up and found a lot of plastic on the beach so there is clearly an issue with debris here .
