Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marsalforn Bay
29 July, 2011
- Team Leader
- Donna Hayler-Montague
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
36.071684, 14.258537
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marsalforn Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bubbles Dive Centre
- City
- Marsalforn
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 29 July, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.071684
Longitude: 14.258537
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, Force 4 -5 wind.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 30 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 16 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sheet Metal | 4 |
| Swimming trunks | 1 |
| Ceramic fragments | 8 |
