Lansallos Cove, Cornwall, UK, Dive 2
8 August, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.76 kgs (measured)
50.331699, -4.578931
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lansallos Cove, Cornwall, UK, Dive 2
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive against Debris Volunteers UK
- City
- Lansallos
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 8 August, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.331699
Longitude: -4.578931
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Fishing: Line | 63 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 120 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 14 |
| Towels/rags | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 87 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber strapping (usually found on lobster pots) | 1 |
| Plastic-coated 'Tetra-Pak' foil pieces (?) | 27 |
| Dinghy oar (plastic paddle with aluminium handle) | 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, gloves and tarpaulin, which are probably from the trawlers.
Dinghy oar (white plastic paddle with an aluminium handle) (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 second of two Dives Against Debris, which took place at this location on this day. Please see the entry for the 1st 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. Our beach clean yielded 6.32kg of additional debris.
