Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
15 October, 2022
- Team Leader
- Damian Leipert
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 17.1 kgs (measured)
-34.191250766377, 18.434091585689
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Against Debris - False Bay Yacht Club marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pisces Divers
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- South Africa
- Date
- 15 October, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.191250766377
Longitude: 18.434091585689
- Weather Conditions
-
Very calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–7.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1488 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 31 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 9 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Marita drill | 1 |
| Golf Ball | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Marita drill + bit + battery
Food wrappers
Plastic Bottles
PVC Buoys
Comments and Feedback
This dive site is under control with regards to marine debris
