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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Porto de Abrigo Sesimbra

26 September, 2020

Team Leader
Anthia dive center / Quando + 1 é = - 1 / Oceano Azul Foundation
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
192 kgs (measured)

38.437811, -9.109332

Survey Information

Location Name
Porto de Abrigo Sesimbra
Organization/Dive Centre
Anthia dive center
City
Sesimbra
Country
Portugal
Date
26 September, 2020
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.437811
Longitude: -9.109332
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
8–9 meters
Area Surveyed
6076.98 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 8
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Plastic Fragments 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
other materials collected
Chair, fishing reel, fishing nets, fishing rod 1

No

Chair

Fishing traps

Lots of fishing nets and fishing lines

Beverage plastic bottles


This cleanup action is one off the many that took place in Portugal during the week of the world cleanup day 2020, all organized and coordinated by Quando + 1 é = - 1 and Oceano Azul Foundation

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