Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS325 - The Waters Edge Reef
20 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Lee Martin
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
35.974888185464, 14.35274720192
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS325 - The Waters Edge Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- AquaVentureMalta
- City
- Mellieha
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 20 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.974888185464
Longitude: 14.35274720192
- Weather Conditions
-
NE 2/3 knots, some surge/swell
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7305.35 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 24 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
Additional Information
reef next to hotel beach
a piece of carpet
carpet - difficult to dive holding it, from boats in bay who park up and litter
fishing pole - local fishermen using jetty near reef throwing trash into sea
plastic cups - hotel guests not disposing properly
Comments and Feedback
Rupert, one of the colony of dive cats assisted with logging and tagging of the debris!
