Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Stoney Cove
12 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Peter Ewart
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
52.543281, -1.274685
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Stoney Cove
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rec2Tec Diving
- City
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 12 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.543281
Longitude: -1.274685
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and overcast
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Cigarette Filters | 11 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 4 |
Additional Information
It looks as if sometime in the past a fire was lit to incinerate old building plastic and some has blows into the lake. Evidence of charred edges of very thick blue DPM material found
a camera. we handed it in as lost property
plastic sheet
plastic cups
plastic straws
Comments and Feedback
Another great Dive Against Debris with all participants learning and improving their diving skills while helping the environment
