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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sideras

18 September, 2016

Team Leader
Alexandros Malagaris
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
125 kgs (measured)

37.714364916634075, 27.066364288330078

Survey Information

Location Name
Sideras
Organization/Dive Centre
Samos Divers Association
City
Samos
Country
Greece
Date
18 September, 2016
Survey Duration
75 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.714364916634075
Longitude: 27.066364288330078
Weather Conditions
Sunny, calm seas
Survey Depth Range
2–25 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 23
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 37
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 4
Bottles: Oil/lube 2
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 9
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 18
Plastic Fragments 12
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 8
Beverage Bottles (glass) 10
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 16
mixed materials collected
Clothing 9

boat traffic

an electric boat engine

50m lenght ghost net

two boat batteries


15 more volunteers cleaned the surounding remote beaches collecting a truck load of debris

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