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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Plage des Ondes, Cap d'Antibes

17 April, 2016

Team Leader
Alex Diamond
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

43.554374, 7.121571

Survey Information

Location Name
Plage des Ondes, Cap d'Antibes
Organization/Dive Centre
DIAMOND DIVING
City
Golfe Juan
Country
France
Date
17 April, 2016
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 43.554374
Longitude: 7.121571
Weather Conditions
Good, calm
Survey Depth Range
1.5–6 meters
Area Surveyed
5000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1

A plastic drinks tray

general plastic food packaging, show lack of care of the public


We have now cleaned this site over a dozen times since 2009 and the trash keeps coming back :-(

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