Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS500 - Tikila Beach
2 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Javier Agudo
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
20.4832265, -86.9718085
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS500 - Tikila Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Magic Scuca
- City
- Cozumel
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 2 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.4832265
Longitude: -86.9718085
- Weather Conditions
-
Storms with big waves hitting the shore directly
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cigar Tips | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 200 |
| Cigarette Filters | 7 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 25 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 15 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 3 |
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
Additional Information
Micro plastic
