Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK
28 March, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thomson
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 7.2 kgs (measured)
50.335771, -4.733461
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK
- City
- St Austell
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 28 March, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.335771
Longitude: -4.733461
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm Sea, Sunny and not very windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.6–5.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 16686 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 14 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Construction Waste (ie metal fencing bars and mesh). The beach premises is being demolished in prep for a new building, clearly some fencing had entered the sea as the building work is on the beach.
Pen Knife
Plastic Bottles
Fishing/Ghost Gear
Plastic disposable lighters
