Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS317 - Abades
11 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Michelle
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.83 kgs (measured)
28.1428049, -16.439589
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS317 - Abades
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Excel Scuba Tenerife
- City
- Playa de Las Americas
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 11 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.1428049
Longitude: -16.439589
- Weather Conditions
-
Extreme winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.4–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 23 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Green turtle |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Comments | we helped untangle a green sea turtle that had fishing line wrapped around its beak. It actually came up to us for help! We released it uninjured |
Additional Information
Very high winds the week previous and a party on the beach the day before
big lump of unidentifiable metal
beer cans
fishing lines
glass
