Dive Against Debris Data Submission
False Bay Yacht Club
3 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Ryan Burchell
- Number of Participants
- 32
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
-34.192207078473, 18.433946227245
Survey Information
- Location Name
- False Bay Yacht Club
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pisces Divers
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- South Africa
- Date
- 3 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.192207078473
Longitude: 18.433946227245
- Weather Conditions
-
Strong South Easterly
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3503.58 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 35 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 43 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 31 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 64 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 70 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 18 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 23 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 3 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 64 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 16 |
| Metal Fragments | 44 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 5 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 52 |
| Cloth Fragments | 61 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
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