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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

El Puertito

16 June, 2016

Team Leader
Carly Pickford
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
2 kgs (estimated)

28.112786, -16.769026

Survey Information

Location Name
El Puertito
Organization/Dive Centre
Paradise Divers - Tenerife
City
Tenerife
Country
Spain
Date
16 June, 2016
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.112786
Longitude: -16.769026
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
600 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Diapers/nappies 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 30
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
other materials collected
fibreglass 2

No

Plastic debris

Rope

Glass


There are four resident green sea turtles at this site.

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