Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS503 - Marina Grande di Sorrento
10 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Francesco Palomba
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 67 kgs (estimated)
40.628365497958, 14.3637062066
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS503 - Marina Grande di Sorrento
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Comune di Sorrento Assessorato Ecologia e Ambiente, AMP Punta Campanella e Penisola Verde SpA, in collaborazione con Guardia Costiera, Guardia di Finanza, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Centro Subacqueo Torre del Greco, associazioni e diving locali.
- City
- Sorrento
- Country
- Italy
- Date
- 10 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.628365497958
Longitude: 14.3637062066
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Benthos
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 34 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 7 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 7 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 56 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Rubber Bands | 76 |
| Rubber Fragments | 22 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 18 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| metal furnishing | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
For the first time in our dive against debris activities, not even one plastic bottle has been found. We ended our dive up with great emotion and hope for the future. So, we are on the right way !
