Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS305 - House Reef
9 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.5 kgs (measured)
28.140587354066, -16.439799370877
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS305 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 9 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.140587354066
Longitude: -16.439799370877
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with mild wind, today strong winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.1–7.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 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) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Common Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | inside a tin can |
| Comments | As we were counting the item, we realized there was a small octopus in one of the cans. We did check the cans but had not noticed him earlier. We ran!! back to the water and released him unharmed. |
Additional Information
no
Car Speaker
Cans
Plastic
Glass
Comments and Feedback
We expected more debris in the water because of the wind, but the dive site was cleaner than expected. No debris in the water very close to shore, only on the actual dive site, so most items must have been there longer.
