Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Montana Falda Abades
18 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.62 kgs (measured)
28.140733460841, -16.439868637012
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Montana Falda Abades
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 18 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 61 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.140733460841
Longitude: -16.439868637012
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm sea, no current, perfect visibility, 40 meters!
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–6.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 450 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Covid-19 seems to have had a positive effect on the ocean. We found much less debris than normal, and we usually pick up every day. This was the first survey in 3 months.
Half a coconut shell
Plastic fragments
Fishing line (in marine protected area!)
Hairbands
Comments and Feedback
Thom got very entangled in a fishing line...! We stopped, thought and then acted, and slowly helped to disentangle him :D Succes!
Happy with our cleaner ocean!
