Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Xlendi Bay
19 July, 2019
- Team Leader
- James Lycett
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
36.029879373816, 14.216391932973
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Xlendi Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Waters Dive Cove
- City
- Qala
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 19 July, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 92 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.029879373816
Longitude: 14.216391932973
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy conditions on 16th July, but generally hot and still
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8.3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 15741.7 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- 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) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 18 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 4-inch CO2 Canister | 1 |
Additional Information
Very windy conditions on the 16th of July
A 4-inch CO2 canister
Plastic fragments - harm marine life when eaten
Tin cans - sharp, and cause heavy metal pollution
Glass fragments - sharp
