Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS305 - House Reef
17 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.8 kgs (measured)
28.14203, -16.438416
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS305 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 17 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.14203
Longitude: -16.438416
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy and strong currents
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 16 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
Additional Information
more dive against debris dives
Household plug socket
Glass
Fishing wire
Electrical wires
Comments and Feedback
Lots of debris has probably already been washed out to deeper water before of winds and currents. One of the main problems is Abades seems to be the large bins for all debris, they are not emptied often enough. We have contacted the council about this problem twice in the last, but they won't change the bins for larger ones, refuse to put in more bins and also don't want to empty them more often. We will continue trying to convince the council, but their attitude towards the environment is a very low priority for them unfortunately.
