Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Balanerio Rincon
25 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Brenda Cerezo
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 55 lbs (estimated)
18.340870498945, -67.256456969307
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Balanerio Rincon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rincon Diving & Snorkeling
- City
- Rincon
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 25 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 39 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.340870498945
Longitude: -67.256456969307
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 31387.6 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 31 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 5 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 9 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Charcoal filter 1 | 1 |
| Dryer sheet | 1 |
| Fiberglass fragments | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloth |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Worm + shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cardboard |
Additional Information
None
AC Vent
Glass bottles
Cloth fragments
