Yesterday, Sunday 7th March, Paradise Divers, a PADI 5-Star Dive Centre located in Callao Salvaje in the south of Tenerife, hosted the first ever PADI Run/Hike Against Debris in the world as part of the continued effort to kjeep our ocean clean. Together with other dive centres in Malta and Cyprus, the aim of the event was to collect debris from the coast before it enters the sea, an initiative created by Jason Sockett, PADI Regional Manager of the Canary Islands.
Paradise Divers selected a route covering 7km along the Arona coast starting in the port of Las Galletas, following a coastal path past the Punta Rasca lighthouse, finishing in Palm Mar. With the help of 13 volunteers, and following all Covid-19 protocols, total of 17 large bags of debris were collected after a 4 hour hike, all of it found within 50 metres of the sea.
