Dive Against Debris Data Submission
La Calita de La Herradura
2 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Erika González Sánchez
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
36.727617537389, -3.7354428414255
Survey Information
- Location Name
- La Calita de La Herradura
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nerja Dive Resort S.L.
- City
- Almuñécar
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 2 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.727617537389
Longitude: -3.7354428414255
- Weather Conditions
-
East Wind
Waves between 1 and 2 meters of height
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
Additional Information
Plastic: there is a lot of them, on the surface and underwater, everywhere, specially in summer because we receive a lot of tourists...
Beverage cans: people from the boats throw the beverage cans into the water and it is easy to find them at the bottom...
Fishing weights and lines
Comments and Feedback
We have not underwater camera so we took these pictures of the marine debris out of the water, once in the Dive Center...
