El Galeon Shipwreck
8 November, 2020
- Team Leader
- Nicoli Unt
- Number of Participants
- 50
- Total Debris Collected
- 400 kgs (measured)
36.470326013242, -4.9864023285424
Survey Information
- Location Name
- El Galeon Shipwreck
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diving with Nic
- City
- San Pedro
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 8 November, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.470326013242
Longitude: -4.9864023285424
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy, many waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Shipwreck
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cigarette Lighters | 4 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 35 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Conger Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Hook and Line |
| Comments | An Eel was found hooked onto a fishing line, we managed to cut the line but not remove the hook. |
Additional Information
Recent rains causes thousands of wet wipes and other sanitary items to flush out of old sewage pipes.
Fishing Rod
Lobster and Crab pots wedged in the wreck
Wet wipes - difficult to identify once attached to wreck
Comments and Feedback
In the days before the storm there were literally tons of wetwipes down there. Regrettably the vast majority of which were washed away by the time we could clean the wreck. Acosol, the water utility, have been informed and are making efforts to fix these pipes.
Acknowledgements: Patricia Gremo from Alasub Diving Club for organising the collaboration with Acosol. Lebeta and COIS Diving clubs for their kind help. The Fire Department diving team for joining us as well. Estepona Dive Centre for bringing a couple of divers and finally the Ayuntamiento de Marbella for helping plan and authorise the event despite Covid Restrictions.
