Dive Against Debris Data Submission
frente a playa grande - Isla Catalina
28 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Soledad Del Pino
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
18.35664740284, -69.023559261113
Survey Information
- Location Name
- frente a playa grande - Isla Catalina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Isla Catalina Diving
- City
- La Romana
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 28 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.35664740284
Longitude: -69.023559261113
- Weather Conditions
-
Big surge - rain -
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5578 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 34 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 19 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
plastic cups
food containers
fishing lines
Comments and Feedback
all our snorkeling and diving guides collect trash every day. We will keep doing monthly DAD in Isla Catalina in different sites.
