Dive Against Debris Data Submission
St. Paul's Bay
8 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Drosos Koniaris
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
36.0871048, 28.088309
Survey Information
- Location Name
- St. Paul's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- LEPIA Dive Centre
- City
- Lindos
- Country
- Greece
- Date
- 8 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.0871048
Longitude: 28.088309
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 29944 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sandy & rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 5 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
Touristic weddings, tourism (boats and beach activities), boat excursions
tire, shoe
plastic cups, cans, bottles
plastic cans
plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
The bay is frequented also by turtles wanting to lay eggs and a mediterranean monk seal lives close by as well
