Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS235 - Xlendi Bay
8 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tim Rose
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (estimated)
36.030167, 14.216989
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS235 - Xlendi Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunday Dive Club
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 8 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.030167
Longitude: 14.216989
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny but westerly winds the previous day stirred up the bay
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5260 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 45 |
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 6 |
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
Plastic Fragments | 103 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 58 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 14 |
Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
Metal Fragments | 3 |
rubber materials collected | |
---|---|
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
wood materials collected | |
---|---|
Fishing: Traps & Pots | 4 |
cloth materials collected | |
---|---|
Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
mixed materials collected | |
---|---|
Clothing | 1 |
other materials collected | |
---|---|
Oar | 1 |
Additional Information
Boat Oar
Bottles (Glass)
Drinks Cans
Bottles (Plastic)