Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gildenburgh Water (South Eastern Edge)
13 April, 2019
- Team Leader
- Kim Blake
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
52.55352, -0.10503
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gildenburgh Water (South Eastern Edge)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive In Ltd
- City
- Whittlesey
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 13 April, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.55352
Longitude: -0.10503
- Weather Conditions
-
Cool overcast, but high winds; Temperature high 16 c (day time) Low 4 c (night)
Night preceding dive -3 c, Clear sunny day with wind from the East picking up from 1/2 mph to during the dive nearer 15/20 mph
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Blue/Red Clay with silt and related freshwater sponges and weed, south shore from 0 to about 8 metres randomly lined by "tipped" red bricks and over erected with underwater platforms for diving skills to be given in a safer way than on the actual bottom
- Ecosystem
- inland fresh water lake
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Corrugated round rubber tube (classified as rubber fragment)
Comments and Feedback
Lorna and William Joining Dive Against Debris; converts the Project Aware Brilliant well done to them, fantastic ideas during the presentation
Many additional thanks to the extra pare of eyes and hands during the dive provided by PADI Assistant Instructor Mr Mark Smith The south shore is now looking much improved and our next efforts will be down the east side; water quality has been officially tested and is stated as High quality, very clean
