Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kalos Yalos - Porto Rafti
17 November, 2019
- Team Leader
- Luc Lakeman
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 148 kgs (estimated)
37.88193109912, 24.015096632182
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kalos Yalos - Porto Rafti
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Yard Hub
- City
- Porto Rafti
- Country
- Greece
- Date
- 17 November, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 37.88193109912
Longitude: 24.015096632182
- Weather Conditions
-
The previous week the weather had been calm and sunny.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 105 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 26 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 13 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 33 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 50 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchors | 3 |
| Walkie-talkie | 1 |
| Boat boilers | 2 |
| Large rope | 1 |
Additional Information
Bordering the beach is a fish taverna being the likely source of the large quantity of bottles, glasses, plastic ash trays, etc.
Walkie-talkie
So many glass objects
Comments and Feedback
The clean-up was jointly organized by SUP-PORT, Sea Shepherd Greece, Beach Cleaning and Blue Yard Hub with the support of various other groups including the local coast guard as well as the municipality of Markopoulo. This collaboration resulted in great team-work with the divers being assisted by the SUP participants and a beach clean up happening as well!
A video summary of the clean-up is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBij9WHUGc8
