Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Caletita
10 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- Jackie
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (measured)
20.29698, -86.57866
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Caletita
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Cozumel Dive School
- City
- Cozumel
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 10 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 101 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.29698
Longitude: -86.57866
- Weather Conditions
-
Hurricane on 5 July 2024
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Hook and line |
Additional Information
The hurricane might have added to the debris.
Scuba weights
Fishing line and hooks
Aluminum cans
Scuba gear
Comments and Feedback
Young Dead Eel found. The eel did not seem to have been attached and looked healthy. Cause of dead unknown.
