Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS409 - St. George's Bay
17 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Charlotte Fenech
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
35.926361, 14.490111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS409 - St. George's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Cresta Dive Centre
- City
- St. Julian's
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 17 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 48 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.926361
Longitude: 14.490111
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and choppy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 18 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pallets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
No
A HUGE sheet of white plastic
fishing line - tangles things
plastic bottles - too many
can - could cut ourselves
Comments and Feedback
This is our first survey (registered). We found a lot and left a lot, will go back for more this week.
Our dive centre is located in a popular bay for boats and swimmers. We suspect a lot of the garbage comes from people on boats!!
