1000 Tyres Project

Gallery - Jennycliff Bay Underwater Clean-Up, June 2026

Out to Jennycliff Bay again, on the east side of Plymouth Sound, this time to an area where the Solstice sonar had shown that there were lots of tyres. In just one hour the divers recovered 11 car tyres, two truck tyres and a trailer tyre from within a 15m area. Our tyre recovery total is now up to 542.

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Jo was the hardworking crew for the day

Pink marker buoy - tyre below!

Franz brought back a tyre

Minerva, our RIB, is designed for carrying heavy loads of tyres

A good haul of tyres for an hour's hard work

The SHIPS crew, taken by Mallory

Tyres lined up so we can see what we recovered

You can see how the tyres break down over time, breaking up into smaller and smaller pieces

Last updated 15 June 2026