Lansallos Cove, Cornwall, UK: Dive 1
8 August, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.15 kgs (measured)
50.331732, -4.578916
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lansallos Cove, Cornwall, UK: Dive 1
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive against Debris Volunteers UK
- City
- Lansallos
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 8 August, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 77 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.331732
Longitude: -4.578916
- Weather Conditions
-
Mainly dry
Average wind speed: 6mph
Average temperature: 17 degrees C
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7298 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 80 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 50 |
| Fishing: Line | 61 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 137 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 118 |
| Towels/rags | 21 |
| Cloth Fragments | 157 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fabric and plastic flower (see photos) | 1 |
| Fabric-covered bungee cord | 1 |
| Rubber-coated fabric fragment (orange) | 2 |
| Plastic/metal fragment (electrical?) | 1 |
| Electric tape fragment (black) | 1 |
| Curved plastic bar with rubber tip (black) | 1 |
| Plastic-coated 'Tetra Pak' (?) foil pieces | 20 |
| Condom wrapper (plastic foil) | 1 |
Additional Information
Much of what we find at Lansallos comes in from the fishing industry, rather than out from the beach, as well as from leisure fishing. In particular, rope and fishing line, but also rags, which are probably from the trawlers.
Fabric and plastic flower (lily), possibly from a hair decoration or a shoe (see photo)
Ghost Gear: Fishing is one of Cornwall's main industries
Rags: probably from trawlers
Plastic fragments: Cornish beaches are very popular for tourists, with pic-nics!
Comments and Feedback
This was the first of two Dives Against Debris, which took place at this location on this day. Please see the entry for the 2nd dive to get the full picture. It is interesting to note that the quantities of debris were far smaller, and in smaller pieces on this occasion, than they were on our first DAD there last year (23 August 2014), when we were so shocked that it prompted the creation of our DADVUK group. This may be due to the impact our actions had on the particular accumulation at this site. Or, perhaps what we found last August was so bad due to the storms of February 2014 and has been breaking down into smaller pieces during the year since.
