Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sirens
5 August, 2024
- Team Leader
- Susannah
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
35.949754052408, 14.405072497044
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sirens
- Organization/Dive Centre
- NDS Malta
- City
- St Pauls Bay
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 5 August, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 78 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.949754052408
Longitude: 14.405072497044
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–7.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 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 | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 41 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 29 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 218 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 21 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 11 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 18 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Tampons | 3 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Engineer filter | 1 |
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Pregnancy test | 1 |
Additional Information
Engineer filter and a used (negative) pregnancy test
Plastic bottle
Plastic food wrappers from the local cafe
Tin cans
