Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cantera El Terrible
4 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Christian M Elhordoy
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-31.22227803276, -57.854945885657
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cantera El Terrible
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sea Divers
- City
- Salto
- Country
- Uruguay
- Date
- 4 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -31.22227803276
Longitude: -57.854945885657
- Weather Conditions
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On the day of the event the weather conditions were excellent, but the previous days the strong storms greatly reduced visibility under water.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3325 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Flooded quarry
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigar Tips | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
Additional Information
Surely we could have done much more if the weather conditions the previous days had been good. Unfortunately with the low visibility we could not travel the place safely, so we limited our dives to only one per diver.
The most unusual thing we found was a steel cable used during the exploitation of the quarry, which is impossible to remove for us because of its weight.
Plastic
Glass bottles
Beverage cans
