Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Paradise bay house reef
26 August, 2022
- Team Leader
- Poppy Sewell & Helene Martin
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3.5 kgs (estimated)
35.98706738502, 14.330744477548
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Paradise bay house reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- AquaVentureMalta
- City
- Mellieha
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 26 August, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.98706738502
Longitude: 14.330744477548
- Weather Conditions
-
Northwest 3/4m swell, varying to 0.4 - 1m north east swell. Sunny 28 to 32 degrees.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2033.56 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 39 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Weddings held by hotel on the beach
A pair of pants!
Paper fragments ingested by marine life being mistaken for food
Plastic fragments contaminating the ocean and being mistaken for food
Cloth fragments potentially entanglement of fish and marine plants
Comments and Feedback
Already an excellent diver and combining Poppys enthusiasm for keeping the beaches clean during her holiday, it was an obvious choice to use her skills in a dive for debris. With special thanks to Natalie, George, and Holly for separating and logging the debris and Rodney and Henry for being the shore and surface support team.
