Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Calatita
4 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Elizabeth Macleod
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (measured)
20.4948742, -86.9645072
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Calatita
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Cozumel Dive School
- City
- Cozumel
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 4 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 85 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.4948742
Longitude: -86.9645072
- Weather Conditions
-
Hurricane
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 32 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 25 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 29 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 35 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net/hook |
Additional Information
No
1 Sock
plexiglass construction fragments
fishing sinkers and hooks
plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
Had two team members cleaning the beach and surrounding land area.
