Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Skala Sikamineas
25 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jan Ziolo
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
39.374174074584, 26.304037235677
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Skala Sikamineas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Fathoms Free
- City
- Newquay
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 25 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.374174074584
Longitude: 26.304037235677
- Weather Conditions
-
Force 8 North Easterly 5 days previously, calm seas from 4 days previously with steadily improving visibility.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 60 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Day fishing activity from Skala and debris associated with refugee landings in Skala harbour
Section of tube from refugee dinghy
Bundle of entangled monofilament fishing line and netting
Comments and Feedback
This was conducted as a skin dive.
I am a volunteer diver with Fathoms Free, England, as well as a volunteer rescue boat crewman with Refugee Rescue, which is why I am currently in Lesvos, Greece. This site is the most heavily-polluted dive area I have seen in terms of loose plastics.
