Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Platja Sant Sebastià, Barcelona, Spain
20 September, 2022
- Team Leader
- Josep Lluis Massuet
- Number of Participants
- 85
- Total Debris Collected
- 85 kgs (measured)
41.3698, 2.19064
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Platja Sant Sebastià, Barcelona, Spain
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PADI EMEA - SEIKO
- City
- Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 20 September, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.3698
Longitude: 2.19064
- Weather Conditions
-
moderate weather
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 80 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- SAND BOTTOM
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balloons | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 20 |
| Cigar Tips | 148 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 57 |
| Diapers/nappies | 500 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Tampons | 21 |
| Toys | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| chemical water filter tablets | 2 |
| Broken glass | 7 |
| Soap compound waste from septic tanks | 6 kg |
| microplastics | 2 kg. |
| COVID Masck | 22 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Status | dead |
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | sea horses |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | mixed in dead seaweed balls and fabrics |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | textile ropes and materials |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | jellyfish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | plastic bottles and cans |
| Comments | one was seriously damaged and the other was dead and decomposing. |
Additional Information
High tourist pressure in the area. Public bodies do not carry out a thorough clean-up with waste separation or collection of micro-waste.
a pair of Bathroom Slippers (from a Hotel)
Wet towels. Poorly functioning sewage treatment plants in the city and inadequate control of outfalls to the sea.
Cigarette butts. Thorough cleaning with waste separation or collection of micro-waste.
Single-use packaging. Insufficient cleaning work on the beach and subsequently on water surfaces.
