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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Fokia Bay

27 April, 2014

Team Leader
Lee O'Flynn
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
40 kgs (estimated)

36.063788, 28.065985

Survey Information

Location Name
Fokia Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Waterhoppers Diving School
City
Rhodes
Country
Greece
Date
27 April, 2014
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.063788
Longitude: 28.065985
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–7 meters
Area Surveyed
1100 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 30
Bags: Trash (plastic) 11
Balls 2
Baskets, Crates 9
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 64
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 7
Bottles: Oil/lube 5
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 7
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 9
Caps & Lids (plastic) 49
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 4
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 8
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 20
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 15
Foam Insulation & Packaging 11
Gloves (latex) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 6
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 8
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 4
Syringes (plastic) 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 8
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 50
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 7
Jars-food (glass) 8
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 17
Beverage Bottles (glass) 26
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 2
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 36
Pipes & Rebar 3
SCUBA Weights 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 20
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 2
wood materials collected
Pallets 1
Wood Fragments 10
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 6
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4
Clothing 7
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 18

Fishing boats and large passing ships.

A small piece of flat foam and a very long thin pipe set up and positioned to use as an underwater breathing device.

Fishing nets

oil drums

Needles/syringes

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