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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
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

bench cushion

plastic bags : too many buried in the silt

fishing nets


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.

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