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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS232 - Alga Wreck

8 June, 2017

Team Leader
Abdelaziz Aissine
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
21.7 kgs (measured)

33.9, 11.03333

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS232 - Alga Wreck
Organization/Dive Centre
Archimede Diving Center
City
Midoun
Country
Tunisia
Date
8 June, 2017
Survey Duration
37 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.9
Longitude: 11.03333
Weather Conditions
Wind and waves
Survey Depth Range
15–18 meters
Area Surveyed
1300 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 6
Fishing: Line 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 9
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1

Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets

Fishing: Line

fishing: sinkers, lures, hooks


Exceptionally we found a tree trunk on the surface near the wreck, and towed it to the diving center

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