On 16th March 2021 Fathoms Free received a ghost net report via our website from a member of the public who had spotted a large trawl net...

Fathoms Free are very pleased to be this years selected charity for Plymouth based Drayton Controls. As part of their annual selected...

Recently the lovely members of the Rotary Club of Tiverton organised a fundraising event with Simon Reeve on Zoom. Simon entertained over...

In the afternoon of 15th February we received a report that a ghost net had washed ashore on Castle Beach, Falmouth. The photographs...

Following closely after our charity registration, Fathoms Free are now registered with the HMRC for Gift Aid. If you have donated to us...

Following a report last weekend of ghost gear on the Coroni River wreck in Falmouth bay, a team of volunteers took advantage of a weather...

After a lot of hard work by the John, Nat and Jules as the Trustees, Fathoms Free is at last a registered charity with the UK Charities...

20th September 2020 Fathoms Free volunteer divers supported by the Atlantic Scuba RIB 'Stingray' recovered 5 lobster pots and their...

In early September 2020 Fathoms Free volunteers were filmed for the BBC 2 two-part series 'Cornwall with Simon Reeve' recovering a 200m...

28th July 2020 - Following reports from local divers,, a team of volunteers set out on the Fathoms Free RHIB 'Casper' to the area of the...

23rd July 2020 - Fathoms Free volunteers working the the Tobay Harbour Master successfully recovered a ghost net they had recently...

11th July 2020 - At last the pandemic lockdown has been relaxed enough for us to get out in the boat attacking the ghost gear problem....

24th November 2019 voluneers braved the cold Atlantic water and blustery beach to conduct a dive against debris and a sweep of the beach,...

16/08/19 https://www.seashepherd.org.uk/news-and-commentary/news/sdi-and-ssuk-first-ghostnet-recovery-course.html?fbclid=IwAR2pI1ktgV4jy6...

31/10/18 Fathoms Free are delighted to have one of our team members Nat, model the amazing #Ghostnetdress created by the insanely...

Great day, great teamwork! 😊 Today we went diving near Penlee Point, Plymouth. It was a bit rough to take the boat out any further but...

Jan 2019 - Thank you to everyone who attended the clean up at Torbay today. We joined forces with the Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative ...

21/4/19 - We had planned a training dive today but unfortunately had a technical hitch with our boat, so not wanting to miss out on the...

30th March 19 - We had an excellent day at Mevagissey, despite having to change location last minute because of the poor diving...

05/05/19 - What a lovely start to the weekend! Sunshine and a visit to the beach 😊 We spent the afternoon at Talland Bay beach (East)...