Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS472 - Playa Flamingo
6 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Carlos Campaña
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
28.85754, -13.842244
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS472 - Playa Flamingo
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Lanzarote Non Stop Divers
- City
- Playa Blanca
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 6 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.85754
Longitude: -13.842244
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, some Westy wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–11.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4058 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 48 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 12 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 15 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 27 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea cucumber |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing nets |
Additional Information
bench cushion
plastic bags : too many buried in the silt
fishing nets
Comments and Feedback
The dive site is an area close to a busy beach. It is enclosed by wavebreakers, which make it a place without current. Because of this all the rubbish stay "trapped" there between the rocks and the silt bottom.
