Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS305 - House Reef
15 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (measured)
28.141263555327, -16.438353952123
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS305 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 15 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 22 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.141263555327
Longitude: -16.438353952123
- Weather Conditions
-
It's been very windy, now calming down again. We expect quite a lot of debris to have blown into the water.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 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) | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
Additional Information
Campervan event, many of them throwing their rubbish everywhere, we expect lots of debris in the ocean during the upcoming week.
Nappy
Cigarette filters
Plastics
Food wrappings
Comments and Feedback
Most debris items were found on the sand patches, in between the rocky reef and the sea grass.
