Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Praia do Pintadinho
14 September, 2012
- Team Leader
- Jo Onslow
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
37.107628, -8.518867
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Praia do Pintadinho
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Indigo Divers - Albufeira - Portugal - S799165
- City
- Ferragudo
- Country
- Portugal
- Date
- 14 September, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 37.107628
Longitude: -8.518867
- Weather Conditions
-
Good, sea very calm, little surge but clear and warm!!
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- 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) | 25 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 35 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 20 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 60 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cigar Tips | 100 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 20 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 23 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 6 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 60 |
| Cigarette Filters | 36 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 20 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 40 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 80 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 45 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 40 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 20 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 6 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 4 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 20 |
| SCUBA Weights | 10 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 12 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 30 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Tampons | 1 |
