Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
14 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- James Allemann
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 20.56 kgs (measured)
-34.190873272748, 18.433799202051
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pisces Divers
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- South Africa
- Date
- 14 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.190873272748
Longitude: 18.433799202051
- Weather Conditions
-
South East wind, cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10675.5 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with some rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 123 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 18 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 13 |
| Metal Fragments | 21 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 21 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Working yacht club
Tape measure
Plastic fragments
Metal fragments
Cloth fragments
Comments and Feedback
This survey we could focus on marine debris directly under the boats
