Old Lifeboat Slip, Newquay
22 April, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson, Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 14.4 kgs (measured)
50.423044, -5.096594
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Old Lifeboat Slip, Newquay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK
- City
- Newquay
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 22 April, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.423044
Longitude: -5.096594
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear skies; sunny; calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.5–6.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1800 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 | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 27 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 13 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 19 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fragment of old possible telephony equipmen:Brass bolts and copper wire, mounted on a Bakelite (?) board (see photo attached) | 1 |
Additional Information
This location is extremely popular for leisure fishing and local fishermen locate their lobster pots just off-shore here. There is at least one more abandoned, caught-up lobster pot yet to be released and brought up.
A fragment of possible old telephony equipment: Brass bolts and copper wire, mounted on a Bakelite (?) board (see photo attached).
Plastic fishing line
Lures, rods, sinkers and hooks
Abandoned lobster pots
Comments and Feedback
As well as being an extremely popular site for leisure activities such as fishing, walking, coasteering and picnicking, it is also a favourite amongst local divers. Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK will definitely be diving this site again in future, as there is another abandoned lobster pot with Rob's name on it! The one we retrieved this time had a sturdy metal frame and has gone to a new home to be repaired and reused:-)
