North Landings Flamborough
9 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Susannah Noble
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (measured)
54.1302005143, -0.10552814826781
Survey Information
- Location Name
- North Landings Flamborough
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 9 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 54.1302005143
Longitude: -0.10552814826781
- Weather Conditions
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Raining in the days leading up to the dive, with heavy rain on the day before. The dive of the dive was cloudy with no rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2202 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
Additional Information
Insole of a shoe
Fishing wire from the boat traffic
Plastic fragments from the beach
Comments and Feedback
A great day at Flamborough as always. Before our dive we did a beach clean up, and found 6 full bin bags of debris on the beach. This was mainly plastic wrappers from food, baby nappies, tin cans, plastic bottles and a lot of cigarette butts (we also found a pair of jeans and 7 socks). This was a great effort by all the team as this stopped the debris from even entering the water. During the dive, we didn't spot a lot of debris, which was good (I believe the debris here is swept out further to sea due to the stronger currents past the bay). However we did find 12 small plastic fragments which are no longer a harm to the marine life. At about 4m deep, we found a long piece of fishing wire (30m long!) across the water. One side had a fishing fly with was tangled around the kelp, we cut the wire free and started to swim along the wire gathering it into the bag.... at the other end the wire was wrapped around a piece of kelp. This wire presented a bit challenge due to entanglement when we started remaining the wire, and a good reminder why working slowly and carefully, with the correct cutting tools is so important. This wire could have easily entangled up the seals that swim in the bay (seals are often spotted on the beach here). A good haul of debris for what appeared to be a debris free dive, and once again shows that with a careful eye you can find and remove these threats to the environment.
