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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Plage de la Guerite, Ile Ste Marguerite

6 November, 2016

Team Leader
Alex Diamond
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
65 kgs (estimated)

43.52427984480984, 7.046722398990823

Survey Information

Location Name
Plage de la Guerite, Ile Ste Marguerite
Organization/Dive Centre
Diamond Diving
City
Golfe Juan
Country
France
Date
6 November, 2016
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 43.52427984480984
Longitude: 7.046722398990823
Weather Conditions
Easterly with rain turning Westerly
Survey Depth Range
0.5–6 meters
Area Surveyed
2400 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 15
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1

We recovered multiple large fragments of fibreglass from old small pleasure boats that have sunk in the area. Will be returning to recover a small outboard.

A long handled hammer.


This is a popular pleasure boat anchorage in the summer and that type of debris found underwater illustrates the need for more education of pleasure boat users.

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