Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Uutelan kanava, Helsinki
2 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mikael Skrabb
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 1700 kgs (estimated)
60.204932721802, 25.16040802002
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Uutelan kanava, Helsinki
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers for the Baltic Sea
- City
- Helsinki
- Country
- Finland
- Date
- 2 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 51 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 60.204932721802
Longitude: 25.16040802002
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast and a few showers wind 5-6m/s from southeast
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- brackish water
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 17 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shopping cart | 2 |
| Kickboard | 1 |
| Ladder | 1 |
| Licenceplate | 1 |
Additional Information
People enjoying themselves on the boats parked in the channel
A full-size car
The motorvehicle, as it can spill all kinds of chemicals
Pastics as it will disolve into small particles eaten by fish
Metallic fragments as people might injure themselves on the fragments
Comments and Feedback
It would be nice if all PADI divecenters had to take part in Project Aware activities. None of the PADI divecenters in the region were interested in promoting or supporting the event.
The car was removed from the channel the following day by the council. Our divers just marked the location. We also had 15 surface voluntaries and some 150 school children aged 10-16 from the schools near by visiting with their teachers.
