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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS385 - Playground

24 February, 2018

Team Leader
Francisco Aguilar
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
90 kgs (estimated)

9.333150336, -82.2349412

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS385 - Playground
Organization/Dive Centre
Bocas Diving Pirates
City
Bocas del Toro
Country
Panama
Date
24 February, 2018
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.333150336
Longitude: -82.2349412
Weather Conditions
Sunny, some rainy days too
Survey Depth Range
4–11 meters
Area Surveyed
40 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 5
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 9
Beverage Bottles (glass) 81
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 124
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Metal Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crabs
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Cans

No social programs for environmental education

desk boat motor

cans

bottles

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