Dive Against Debris Data Submission
La Pinta Beach
22 April, 2023
- Team Leader
- Michelle Holland
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 6.5 kgs (measured)
28.080251840601, -16.735895942019
Survey Information
- Location Name
- La Pinta Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Angel
- City
- Costa Adeje
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 22 April, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.080251840601
Longitude: -16.735895942019
- Weather Conditions
-
Slight wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–8.2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 75 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) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| Toys | 7 |
Additional Information
No
Toy car
cigarette butts
rubber hair bands used for braiding hair
plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
We need ashtrays on the beach and a ban on hair braiding from the African ladies on the beach
This was a special Dive Against Debris for Earth Day 2023
