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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS305 - House Reef

3 June, 2018

Team Leader
Kim Timmers
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
3.23 kgs (measured)

28.141747611441, -16.438129204974

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS305 - House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Tenerife Diving Academy
City
Abades
Country
Spain
Date
3 June, 2018
Survey Duration
44 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.141747611441
Longitude: -16.438129204974
Weather Conditions
Mixed weather, high winds and calm days
Survey Depth Range
1.6–5.4 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Balls 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 59
Cigarette Filters 12
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 6
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 23
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 15
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4

Motorbike event

Surfboard fin

Plastic fragments

Tissue

Plastic bags


The amount of debris found wasn't much compared to the search area.

Wind is picking up, we expect more debris :(

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