Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sa Caleta
3 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Corinna Holz
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
41.699539880399, 2.85870671878
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sa Caleta
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dolphin's Diving Center
- City
- Lloret de Mar
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 3 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.699539880399
Longitude: 2.85870671878
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, no rain, calm sea
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 22 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 50 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 156 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 207 |
| Cigarette Filters | 30 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 20 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 56 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian style synthetic flower necklaces - flowers only | 37 |
| baby wipes / moist facial wipes | 30 |
| lady pads | 3 |
| Hotel/club entry wristbands | 16 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | little crabs/larvae |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | baby wipes |
| Comments | crawled out of collected debris on land, were released back into the ocean |
Additional Information
Fireworks. Music event on Sa Caleta Beach in July. Restaurants and Icecream shops right next to the dive site.
male underwear
synthetic flowers from Hawaiian style necklaces
plastic ice crem spoons
baby wipes
Comments and Feedback
This is the first survey and we will try to do it consistently from now on. We suspect that there must be a bigger problem, because the debris is always collecting in masses at the same site. Because we found lady hygene articles, we suspect there must be boats dumping their waste into the ocean somewhere close to Lloret de Mar.
