Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Swanage Pier
17 July, 2015
- Team Leader
- Emma Christison
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (measured)
50.608211, -1.950905
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Swanage Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Swanage
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 17 July, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.608211
Longitude: -1.950905
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny, clear, warm, wind SSE av 20 kmph
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–3.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sub-tidal Soft Bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Spider crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | monofilament net and rope |
| Comments | one crab tangled in net and the other crabs leg was caught in rope. Both realeased back to sea. |
Additional Information
no
mono filament net
rope
