St. Michael's Mount, Nr. Marazion, Cornwall, UK
19 September, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.21 kgs (measured)
50.1187, -5.477393
Survey Information
- Location Name
- St. Michael's Mount, Nr. Marazion, Cornwall, UK
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Against Debris Volunteers UK
- City
- Marazion, Nr. Penzance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 19 September, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 82 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.1187
Longitude: -5.477393
- Weather Conditions
-
Mainly dry (Average of less than 1mm of rain/min)
Average wind speed: 7.6mph
Average temperature: 14.3 degrees C
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 39881 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tyre fragment (black rubber) | 2 |
| Plastic bag fragment | 1 |
| Plastic-coated 'Tetra-Pak' foil fragment | 2 |
| Baby/wet wipe | 1 |
| Scaffold clamp | 1 |
| Plastic-coated electric wire (see photo) | 2 |
| Ceramic wall tile | 1 |
| Fibreglass boat fragments | 2 |
| Plastic Traffic Warden penalty notice sleeve | 1 |
Additional Information
Unidentified small black sealed box, with wire(?) protruding from the centre; heavy; possibly electrical(?) (see photo)
Plastic fragments; this site was remarkably clean considering its' massive appeal to tourists and the general Ghost Gear problem in the surrounding bay.
Plastic bags
Food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
As there was relatively little debris, we had time to deduct the weight of the bags (which we don't usually do), for a more accurate debris weight. We were happily surprised at the cleanliness of this sight. We know that there is a lot of Ghost Gear out in the Bay and it is one of Cornwall's most iconic tourist destinations. So, it was lovely to find it so relatively unscathed. As the Debris Dive took place from the harbour steps, and there is no beach to speak of, we did not conduct a beach clean on this occasion. We did note that the shoreline looked to be free of debris.
