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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Floisvos

11 June, 2017

Team Leader
Nikos_Ba
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
264 kgs (measured)

37.934479058483, 23.686909675598

Survey Information

Location Name
Floisvos
Organization/Dive Centre
Loutraki Dive Club
City
Palaio Faliro
Country
Greece
Date
11 June, 2017
Survey Duration
47 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.934479058483
Longitude: 23.686909675598
Weather Conditions
cloudy... rainy
Survey Depth Range
1–3 meters
Area Surveyed
710 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 7
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 10
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
folding armchair 1
painting brush roller 1

Loutraki Dive Club 11/6/2017 Floisvos


At this event we were 4 divers 1 surface support and 4 land support from our club ! From Amfithea nautical club were about 30 people and Young sailors who made cleaup of the marine surroundings! water was very turbid with zero visibility ! that made our efforts much more difficult

We also made a briefing to the people who came to the event about marine debris and what we find underwater , the damage plastic and plastic bags doing in the environment !

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