Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS235 - Xlendi Bay
5 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tim Rose
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 kgs (estimated)
36.030167, 14.216989
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS235 - Xlendi Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunday Dive Club
- City
- Xlendi
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 5 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.030167
Longitude: 14.216989
- Weather Conditions
-
Some Rain
Winds SE-SW F3
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.2–9.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3290 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 94 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 10 |
| Toothbrushes | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 21 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 134 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Watch Strap | 1 |
| HairBand | 1 |
Additional Information
Doll's Head
Beer Can's & Bottles
Rope
Fishing Tackle
Comments and Feedback
Special thanks to Pete Bullen at Oceanfoto.co.uk for the underwater shots
