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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS436 - Boca Simon

4 August, 2018

Team Leader
Renske Vd Nieuwelaar
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
40 kgs (estimated)

12.096618, -68.915208

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS436 - Boca Simon
Organization/Dive Centre
ATLANTIS Diving Curacao
City
Willemstad
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
4 August, 2018
Survey Duration
53 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.096618
Longitude: -68.915208
Weather Conditions
Normal
Survey Depth Range
1–18 meters
Area Surveyed
3415.04 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 9
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 11
Fishing: Line 170
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 11
Plastic Fragments 10
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 28
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 8
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 8
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 22
Cloth Fragments 45
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 8
other materials collected
Crimp 2

No

Crimps

Shoes

Fishlines

Glass bottles


No

No

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