Dive Against Debris Data Submission
L'EMBARCADOR - ILLES MEDES
22 September, 2020
- Team Leader
- ILLES MEDES DIVING CENTERS
- Number of Participants
- 19
- Total Debris Collected
- 250 kgs (estimated)
42.046765421634, 3.2199215950056
Survey Information
- Location Name
- L'EMBARCADOR - ILLES MEDES
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Illes Medes Diving Centers
- City
- L'ESTARTIT
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 22 September, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 42.046765421634
Longitude: 3.2199215950056
- Weather Conditions
-
Good weather
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- 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) | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope | 70 meters |
| Sunglasses | 3 |
| Morring buoy | 1 |
| Face mask (Covid debris) | 2 |
Comments and Feedback
Action coorganized with the Natural Park and all the diving centers with authorization to dive in the Medes Islands Marine Reserve.
