Survey Photos

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Half a pair of scissors

Tin cans - a few were found in the sea, and a lot were littered on the rocks around the dive site - a problem with drinking on the streets and the litter ending up in the water

Fishing wire - the bay is near a habour and tangled fishing wire was found

Fishing flys - from the fishing boats and habour

Comments and Feedback

What a dive! Beautiful waters, calm sea, lots of marine life, vis of at least 10 metres - only spoiled by the trash on the sea bed. This dive starts with a small man made Victorian pool made into the rocks - this is refilled with water at high tide, and as soon as we ducked under the water into the pool we could see some crabs... and tin cans. There was clearly a problem with people drinking on the rocks and throwing the cans into the water (a lot of drink bottles and cans were on the rocks, although these were collected and deposed of, they weren't counted in the Dive Against Debris data). As the dive continued, it really impressed as a dive site - but debris was found pretty quickly. Along the dive we found small plastic fragments, tin can lids, and lots of fishing flys - a word of warning when collecting these, they are sharp. Even with gloves on, these can be painful if you don't notice the sharp hook. A lot of debris is hard to spot, push downed under rocks and in the cracks. Although this site isn't overflowing with debris, the debris removed will have made a difference to the local area and marine life here. I think the debris found highlights an issue of this area - fishing and anti-social drinking. We will definitively be back to this dive spot, for a debris dive but also a pleasure dive. Big BIG thanks to all our divers who helped, new and regular Debris divers. Couldn't do these surveys without the team and the help on the day was much appreciated