Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Blauwe Meer
18 September, 2011
- Team Leader
- Andrea Kuiken
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
52.882484, 6.414256
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Blauwe Meer
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Natuurmonumenten/H2O-diving
- City
- Diever
- Country
- Netherlands
- Date
- 18 September, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.882484
Longitude: 6.414256
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain with sunny intervals. Not too strong a wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- – meters
- Area Surveyed
- 120 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sunglasses | 3 |
| metal frame of a chair | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
the dive site is a small lake which is used for recreational swimming on sunny days. There's not too much debris to be found, but because of the recreational purpose there is almost every year something to be found.
