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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marégrafo

29 April, 2023

Team Leader
Carolina Gonçalves & Teresa Vale
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
200 kgs (estimated)

38.694105279399, -9.4180911125146

Survey Information

Location Name
Marégrafo
Organization/Dive Centre
Associação Juvenil Claro/Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
29 April, 2023
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.694105279399
Longitude: -9.4180911125146
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–6 meters
Area Surveyed
1653.68 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 10
Plastic Fragments 22
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 54
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 6
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 6
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 10
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 7
other materials collected
Advertising Canvas 1
Credit Card 1
Fishing traps: pots 2
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name eggs from small-spotted catshark
Number Entangled 1
Type of Debris Rope (cloth)
Comments The bit of rope that had the eggs attached was thrown back into the water.

Glass Bottles

Tires

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