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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS345 - Divewise House Reef

8 December, 2017

Team Leader
Howard Shaw
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
53.5 kgs (measured)

35.924292, 14.493816

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS345 - Divewise House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
DivewiseMalta
City
St Julians
Country
Malta
Date
8 December, 2017
Survey Duration
61 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.924292
Longitude: 14.493816
Weather Conditions
Easterly force 4 winds for two days.
Survey Depth Range
1–14 meters
Area Surveyed
8066 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 10
Cigarette Lighters 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 44
Cigarette Filters 12
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 125
Beverage Bottles (glass) 25
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 19
Caps & Lids (metal) 21
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 14
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Metal Fragments 15
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Fibre Glass Table Top 1
Fibre Glass fragments 38
Shopping trolley wheel (Metal & Plastic) 1

Table top

Fibre glass fragments

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