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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina

17 June, 2023

Team Leader
Damian Leipert
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
14 kgs (measured)

-34.190873272748, 18.433799202051

Survey Information

Location Name
Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
Organization/Dive Centre
Pisces Divers
City
Cape Town
Country
South Africa
Date
17 June, 2023
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -34.190873272748
Longitude: 18.433799202051
Weather Conditions
Stormy, windy, rainy
Survey Depth Range
3–7 meters
Area Surveyed
10675.5 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 51
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 25
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 128
Cigarette Filters 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 44
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 4
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 26
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Pipes & Rebar 5
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 9
Metal Fragments 9
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 9
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 2

Camping headlamp

Food wrappers

Plastic fragments

Rope/cable tie


Cleaner than expected

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