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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Abades Bay

26 October, 2018

Team Leader
Kim Timmers
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
0.35 kgs (measured)

28.132985964293, -16.447084612225

Survey Information

Location Name
Abades Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Tenerife Diving Academy
City
Abades
Country
Spain
Date
26 October, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.132985964293
Longitude: -16.447084612225
Weather Conditions
Rain and Wind
Survey Depth Range
1.5–11 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Cigar Tips 16
Plastic Fragments 62
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 9
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 9
other materials collected
Plaster 3

Rally race and Campers

Shop Security Tag

Plastic Fragments

Cigarette Butts

Cardboard


We think the cigarette butts come from people smoking on the beach and putting them out in the sand and leaving it behind.

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