Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS305 - House Reef
7 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.3 kgs (measured)
28.14203, -16.438416
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS305 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 7 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 31 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.14203
Longitude: -16.438416
- Weather Conditions
-
Very poor conditions, waves, swell, bad visibility, lots of debris being blown into the ocean!
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Mask with snorkel attached
Plastic
Fishing line
Glass
Comments and Feedback
Very bad conditions, lots of plastic on the beach (not counted in this survey) and in the water.
