Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bahia de Los Muertos
28 August, 2021
- Team Leader
- Chrissy Cappellano
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 lbs (estimated)
23.9897985, -109.8246769
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bahia de Los Muertos
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- La Paz
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 28 August, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 116 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 23.9897985
Longitude: -109.8246769
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–11.2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 95870.6 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 20 |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Fishing line and rope were found entangled in heads of coral. |
Additional Information
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
This cleanup was different from last months in the same location. Less fishing line was found and of the fishing line that was found, less had fishing weights or hooks attached. It was more just random pieces of fishing line entangled in the coral.
My buddy and I did this dive for nearly 2 hours! We spent some time around 10m, but the majority of it was spent around 5-6 m.
