Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bahía Taganga
25 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- Carlos Ciro
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
11.265273, -74.191389
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bahía Taganga
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Océano Scuba
- City
- Santa Marta
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 25 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.265273
Longitude: -74.191389
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.8–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4208.55 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 28 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 64 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 66 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 10 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic cups |
Additional Information
Cups
Packages
Spoons
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