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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS420 - Blue Hole Gozo

16 June, 2018

Team Leader
Oliver Benndorff
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
5.5 kgs (measured)

36.053251718402, 14.18792977213

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS420 - Blue Hole Gozo
Organization/Dive Centre
DiveSMART Gozo
City
San Lawrenz
Country
Malta
Date
16 June, 2018
Survey Duration
44 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.053251718402
Longitude: 14.18792977213
Weather Conditions
Normal, not much wind during last week
Survey Depth Range
0.5–30 meters
Area Surveyed
334.24 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 6
Cigarette Filters 4
metal materials collected
Pull Tabs-beverages 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 2
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
toilet cystern 1

No, just people that drop the garbage on the floor and it blows into the sea!

toilet cystern - broken

plastic bottles

food wrappers

serviettes and wet wipes

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