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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

sesimbra

10 October, 2015

Team Leader
Paulo Vilarinho
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
276 kgs (measured)

38.435567, -9.11464

Survey Information

Location Name
sesimbra
Organization/Dive Centre
CPREIA S- 24439
City
Sesimbra
Country
Portugal
Date
10 October, 2015
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.435567
Longitude: -9.11464
Weather Conditions
cloudy
wind < 15 kn
Survey Depth Range
5–12 meters
Area Surveyed
12 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 80
Bags: Trash (plastic) 37
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 7
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 13
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 3
Bottles: Oil/lube 2
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 12
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 12
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 13
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 8
Furnishings (plastic) 2
Gloves (latex) 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 3
Plastic Fragments 12
Cigarette Filters 58
Rope (plastic/nylon) 11
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
Beverage Bottles (glass) 29
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Cars & Car Parts 2
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 3
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
Metal Fragments 20
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Tires/tyres 3
Rubber Fragments 10
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 3
Toys 1
other materials collected
baby carriage 1
traffic signal 1

traffic signal

Plastic

nets

lines

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