Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS472 - Playa Flamingo
10 November, 2018
- Team Leader
- Carlos Campaña
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (estimated)
28.85754, -13.842244
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS472 - Playa Flamingo
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Lanzarote Non Stop Divers
- City
- Playa Blanca
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 10 November, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.85754
Longitude: -13.842244
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, no wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4058 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 17 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 18 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 23 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
Plastic, bottles, cans.
Plastic
bottles
cans
Comments and Feedback
The dive site is an area close to a busy beach. It is enclosed by wavebreakers, which make it a place without current. Because of this all the rubbish stay "trapped" there between the rocks and the silt bottom.
