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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sa Caleta

7 September, 2018

Team Leader
Corinna Holz
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
8 kgs (estimated)

41.6997133, 2.8587668

Survey Information

Location Name
Sa Caleta
Organization/Dive Centre
Dolphin's Diving Center
City
Lloret de Mar
Country
Spain
Date
7 September, 2018
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 41.6997133
Longitude: 2.8587668
Weather Conditions
heavy rain the night before
windy and rainy throughout the week
Survey Depth Range
3–7 meters
Area Surveyed
10 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 12
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 15
Food Wrappers (plastic) 32
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 3
Straws, Stirrers 17
Cigarette Filters 182
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 22
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Clothing 4
Tampons 4
other materials collected
baby wipes 367
synthetic flowers 17
hotel / club entry bands 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name don't know
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Baby Wipes

Tampons

baby/facial wipes

cigarette filters

food / candy wrappes


I recently learnt that there is a secret pipe connected to all the hotels sewage systems. So many, if not all, the hotels in Lloret de Mar seem to dump their toilet sewage into the sea... there are no words. Nobody has ever confirmed these suspicions, but it seems to be quite common knowledge in town. The problem is that nobody knows where this massive pipe is...

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