Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Arguineguin Harbour
22 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Matthew Astill
- Number of Participants
- 26
- Total Debris Collected
- 10000 kgs (measured)
27.756741257607057, -15.684920037165284
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Arguineguin Harbour
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Academy Gran Canaria
- City
- Arguineguin
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 22 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.756741257607057
Longitude: -15.684920037165284
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 298 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 100 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 90 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 150 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 10 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 20 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 5 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 100 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 20 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 30 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 50 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 20 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 100 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 200 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 10 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Market trollies | 4 |
Additional Information
The clean up was organized by Puertos Canarios and the Fish Council of Mogan, Mr Artemi Artiles. Dive Academy was there to help as we are the local Dive Center in the Area and the ones providing more volunteers. We decided to join, the full team of Dive Academy Gran Canaria. The debris was weighted with special machines in the Arguineguin Harbour, plus they gave us a massive hand using the cranes to collect the heavy objects and support on surface from local authorities, including Local Police and Red Cross Spain. At the end of the day a massive Paella was provided by the townhall to recover energy as we were for 80 minutos non-stop collecting the trash.
Electrical Static Bike
Plastic
FIshing Lines
Rope
