Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
13 February, 2022
- Team Leader
- Koen Wouters
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.9 kgs (measured)
-34.192369428624, 18.433985710144
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pisces Divers
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- South Africa
- Date
- 13 February, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 83 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.192369428624
Longitude: 18.433985710144
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and a little bit of wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 450 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with some rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| COVID19 Face Mask (Cloth Material) | 1 |
Additional Information
Yes: our Dive Against Debris during the PADI AWARE Week 2021 was our major cleanup here. So it was great to conclude that we found less debris after several months during our high season. We learn from this that seasonal Dive Against Debris on this dive site should be sufficient...
COVID19 Face Mask
Cans: when empty they blow off the boats easily
Candy wrappers: very light and easily end up in the water
Plastic food containers - eventually breaks down into micro plastic
Comments and Feedback
In this follow-up Dive Against Debris we specifically chose to combine free divers and divers... this dive site has an ideal depth range for that. A HUGE thank YOU to our participants: Kyle, Alison, Shamier, Ian, Denis, Megan, Stephanie and Koen!
