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Playa El Chaparral

8 April, 2021

Team Leader
Nic
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
27 kgs (measured)

36.505241959971, -4.6626246486889

Survey Information

Location Name
Playa El Chaparral
Organization/Dive Centre
Diving with Nic / MiMoana
City
La Cala de Mijas
Country
Spain
Date
8 April, 2021
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.505241959971
Longitude: -4.6626246486889
Weather Conditions
Flat Calm with No Wind
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
10000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Balloons 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
Plastic Fragments 20
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
Metal Fragments 3
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 20
other materials collected
Surfboard Daggerboard 2

Surfboard Daggerboard

Debris fishing gear

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