Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cala Cortina
22 September, 2012
- Team Leader
- Tony Bulley (#617667), Cian Tapp (#276499)
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
37.580415, -0.975989
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cala Cortina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Max Scuba Diving (#799390)
- City
- Cartegena
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 22 September, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 37.580415
Longitude: -0.975989
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly calm, some moderate onshore winds 2-3 days before
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 23 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 28 |
| Cigarette Filters | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Tampons | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor, Metal | 1 |
Additional Information
A bike rack!
