Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS273 - Isola delle Femmine
19 July, 2019
- Team Leader
- Esther de Kruijf
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 9.2 kgs (measured)
38.199128, 13.2517145
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS273 - Isola delle Femmine
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Evasioni Blu Diving
- City
- Isola delle Femmine
- Country
- Italy
- Date
- 19 July, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 38.199128
Longitude: 13.2517145
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 793.146 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 11 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 51 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 111 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 11 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Tampons | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hardboard plastic boat construction materials | 12 |
| Raisor plastic | 1 |
| Medicinal packaging | 6 |
| Beach umbrella | 1 |
Additional Information
Tourism, lots of single use plastic
6x tampons and a beach umbrella
Lots of microplastic fragments
Single use plastic bags, cups, plates, forks, knives, spoons
Fishing materials
Comments and Feedback
Our PADI Women’s Dive Day dedicated to the most important woman of all: Mother Earth! with 8 new DAD certified divers and lots of debris removed!
