Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Scraggane bay
20 October, 2022
- Team Leader
- Danny Oreilly
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 28 kgs (measured)
52.310558825223, -10.033347653325
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Scraggane bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Waterworld 2731
- City
- tralee
- Country
- Ireland
- Date
- 20 October, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 22 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.310558825223
Longitude: -10.033347653325
- Weather Conditions
-
South Easterly winds gusting 12-20 knots ,
Flat sea conditions with an average of 4-6m of visability.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 90 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 8 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire cutters | 1 |
| DC converter | 1 |
| lobster pot debris | 4 |
Additional Information
This area is a large commercial fishing harbor so we are led to believe this is all excess waste being thrown overboard from commercial vessels or equipment/materials that are beyond repair that get dumbed into the sea
DC - AC converter from a boat
broken Crab/Lobster pots
tyres.
Comments and Feedback
This dive site is extremely rich in underwater life, Crabs/lobsters/large seagrass areas/anenomes/snakelocks/shrimp/pollock/blennys & lots more so we are going to try our very best to keep this area as clean as possible.
