Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS419 - Dive on Malta - House Reef

22 April, 2018

Team Leader
Maria Renk
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
200 kgs (estimated)

35.952800985988, 14.410308942129

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS419 - Dive on Malta - House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive on Malta
City
Bugibba
Country
Malta
Date
22 April, 2018
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.952800985988
Longitude: 14.410308942129
Weather Conditions
windy days, last two calm
Survey Depth Range
2–13 meters
Area Surveyed
360 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
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) 5
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 7
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Furnishings (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 4
Plastic Fragments 37
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 12
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 3
Pipes & Rebar 20
Metal Fragments 7
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3

We join to Maltese National cleaning day on Earth Day. But of course we clean our area since we have center in Malta.

three heavy ladders

beer cans - tourist season start

paper cups - tourist season start.

clothes - tourist season start.

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?