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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS409 - St. George's Bay

16 May, 2019

Team Leader
Nicholas Martens
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
40 kgs (estimated)

35.926326, 14.489571

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS409 - St. George's Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Cresta Dive Centre
City
St. Julian's
Country
Malta
Date
16 May, 2019
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.926326
Longitude: 14.489571
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
3–6 meters
Area Surveyed
6433.3 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 7
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 1
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Metal Fragments 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 2
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
other materials collected
Roofing 5
Fibreglass 10

Spotlight

Ropes

Plastic bottles

Tires

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