Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Swanpool Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
9 December, 2012
- Team Leader
- Mark Milburn
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
50.1402, -5.076628
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Swanpool Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Atlantic Scuba
- City
- Falmouth
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 9 December, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.1402
Longitude: -5.076628
- Weather Conditions
-
South Westerly winds, light rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- 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) | 8 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| golf balls | 8 |
