Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sirens
14 December, 2023
- Team Leader
- Susannah
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
35.95008010712, 14.404105049472
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sirens
- Organization/Dive Centre
- NDS Malta
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 14 December, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.95008010712
Longitude: 14.404105049472
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy the week before
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3900 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 27 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 18 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 48 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 21 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sun lounger | 1 |
| Socks | 6 |
Additional Information
Strong winds the week before. Boats moor up above the site where we found all the fabric and plastic bottles.
Broken sun lounger
Plastic bottles
Cloth rags
Plastic fragments
