Dive Against Debris Data Submission
El Valito
17 May, 2015
- Team Leader
- Benjamin Pierson
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
28.138875, -16.791734
Survey Information
- Location Name
- El Valito
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Paradise Divers
- City
- Callao Salvaje
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 17 May, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.138875
Longitude: -16.791734
- Weather Conditions
-
Rough Seas, 2 meter waves, Hazy sky
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–17 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8127.08 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 23 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 9 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
Additional Information
Lots of fishermen leaving their lines, using spark plugs as weights and throwing their beer bottles into the water.
Circuit Boards
Spark Plugs
Fishing Lines
Fishing Weights
Comments and Feedback
This is a common fishing location for locals which contributes to the trash thrown into the sea.
