Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sirens Bay
19 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Susannah Williams
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
35.95006, 14.403651
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sirens Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- NDS
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 19 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.95006
Longitude: 14.403651
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 44 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
Additional Information
Plastic ice cream spoons
Plastic wrappers
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
A dive on NDS's house reef - most of the dive was debris free until one area which was completely covered in washed up sea grass and debris. It appears the debris from the surface or edges of the water are getting washed down into one area of the seabed which can't be seen unless on scuba, making the problem harder for non divers to understand. A huge issue with plastic spoons from ice cream tubs.
