Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sa Caleta
31 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Corinna Holz
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
41.699463116065, 2.85835266719
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sa Caleta
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dolphin's Diving Center
- City
- Lloret de Mar
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 31 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.699463116065
Longitude: 2.85835266719
- Weather Conditions
-
heavy rain the night before survey
at times big swell
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 25 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 60 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 10 |
| Plastic Fragments | 102 |
| Cigarette Filters | 32 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Tampons | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian style synthetic flower necklaces - flowers only | 8 |
| baby wipes / moist facial wipes | 30 |
| hotel / club entry bands | 5 |
| lady sanitary pads | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Hermit Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Baby Wipes |
| Comments | These little creatures seem to live in the garbage patch. So we have to find a solution of extracting the enormous amount of baby wipes that is down there. |
Additional Information
grannies underwear
cigarette filters
plastic ice crem spoons / sticks
food / candy wrappes
Comments and Feedback
We keep going back to the same spot every week. We d not see any improvements, no matter how much we collect. The area is about 10m² and made up of baby wipes, plastic fragments, sanitary items, and so forth.
