Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sa Caleta
29 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Corinna Holz
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
41.699422, 2.85839
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sa Caleta
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dolphin's Diving Center
- City
- Lloret de Mar
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 29 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.699422
Longitude: 2.85839
- Weather Conditions
-
Big waves, strong current!!
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| Plastic Fragments | 80 |
| Cigarette Filters | 80 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| baby wipes | 30 |
| synthetic flowers | 5 |
| hotel / club entry bands | 5 |
| chewing gum | 15 |
| plastic toy bullets | 10 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | little crabs/larvae |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | baby wipes |
| Comments | they seem to live in the garbage |
Additional Information
Big storm
cigarette filters
baby wipes
food / candy wrappes
Comments and Feedback
Our big 'garbage patch' that we always go to has almost disappeared due to the storm. It is sad to know that all the garbage is still out there and we were not able to collect it all before it was sweapt out to sea.
