Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Swanage Pier
27 May, 2015
- Team Leader
- Emma Christison
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (measured)
50.608245, -1.950894
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Swanage Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Swanage
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 27 May, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 77 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.608245
Longitude: -1.950894
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast, drizzle and slight wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.5–4.2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3287.22 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky intertidal?
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | spider crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | mono filament net |
Additional Information
no. The net was wrapped around one of the Pier legs and had to be removed with a dive knife. There is a large tractor tyre near the end of the Pier which had a rope attached. The rope was removed.
tractor tyre (not removed)
the mono filament net as there is a lot of boat traffic around the pier and many divers dive the Pier
fishing line and crab linescan be a problem as there is a lot of fishing from the Pier and it is impossible for snapped/broken lines to be retrieved.to be
General rubbish such as serviettes and drinks bottles/cans discarded from people walking along the Pier.
