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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Kalkan Harbour

6 June, 2023

Team Leader
Mark Taylor
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

36.262849374677, 29.413708793078

Survey Information

Location Name
Kalkan Harbour
Organization/Dive Centre
Kalkan Dive Centre
City
Kalkan
Country
Turkey
Date
6 June, 2023
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.262849374677
Longitude: 29.413708793078
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
3–15 meters
Area Surveyed
2949.06 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Harbour
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Fishing: Line 13
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 7
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 12
Beverage Bottles (glass) 16
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cars & Car Parts 1
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 17
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
other materials collected
Shopping trolley 1
Anchor 2
Sun umbrella 1
Plastic chair 4

Working harbour

Shopping trolley

Discarded ropes

Fishing line


We were asked to do a clean up by the local council.

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