Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef
25 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Ivana Stampeggi
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 23.9 kgs (measured)
12.088975, -68.905175
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Bus
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 25 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 67 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.088975
Longitude: -68.905175
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.4–8.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 6 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 17 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 21 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
Additional Information
Locals, especially at weekends, throw their rubbish on the sand or around the parking area by the beach, the wind blows the debris in the shallow water. Fishermen and kids that fish with a line. More education in the locals schools and at home would help
skirt
plastic forks, knives, take aways
fishing line
soda cans and beer bottles
Comments and Feedback
create bigger events for kids and families, make people on the island more aware
we dive here every day, once a month we do a clean up and it is still not enough.
