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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Devils Bridge, River Lune

23 August, 2015

Team Leader
Steven Hird
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

54.197144, -2.590842

Survey Information

Location Name
Devils Bridge, River Lune
Organization/Dive Centre
Diveworld Scuba
City
Kirby Lonsdale
Country
United Kingdom
Date
23 August, 2015
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 54.197144
Longitude: -2.590842
Weather Conditions
Rain & Overcast
Survey Depth Range
1.5–6 meters
Area Surveyed
120 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 8
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Plastic Fragments 4
Cigarette Filters 25
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 12
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 8
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 4
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 1
other materials collected
portable barbeque 2

very clean site, well covered by litter bins by local authority. Often scoured by strong current so not much debris found.

very small plastic locomotive wagon

broken glass bottles


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