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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cais dos Pescadores

26 April, 2025

Team Leader
Teresa Vale
Number of Participants
26
Total Debris Collected
75 kgs (measured)

38.697014761467, -9.4181990507805

Survey Information

Location Name
Cais dos Pescadores
Organization/Dive Centre
Associação Juvenil Claro/ Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
26 April, 2025
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.697014761467
Longitude: -9.4181990507805
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–8 meters
Area Surveyed
4371 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 15
Food Wrappers (plastic) 26
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Plastic Fragments 21
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 12
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 14
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Fishing: traps & pots (plastic) 8
Plastic stool 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing pot

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