Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS372 - Cas Abao Beach
24 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Brigitte Achterberg
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
12.227843, -69.092267
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS372 - Cas Abao Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- B Diving And Watersports Curacao
- City
- Willemstad
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 24 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.227843
Longitude: -69.092267
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear. No current or waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–75 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 11100.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
The bar at the beach that serves everything in plastic. And a off shore wind blowing it in to the ocean
