Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Caracasbaaiweg

16 September, 2017

Team Leader
Renske van den Nieuwelaar
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
150 kgs (estimated)

12.076144662311, -68.863388383761

Survey Information

Location Name
Caracasbaaiweg
Organization/Dive Centre
Atlantis diving Curacao
City
Willemstad
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
16 September, 2017
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.076144662311
Longitude: -68.863388383761
Weather Conditions
No wind, 35 degrees, Sunny, no clouds.
Survey Depth Range
1–19 meters
Area Surveyed
693 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 26
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 24
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 11
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 133
Fishing: Line 900
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 18
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Gloves (latex) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 3
Strapping Bands (plastic) 8
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 83
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 37
Drums: 55 Gallon 2
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 4

Sunday local people come together on there free day. It's a public beach.

Mobile phone.

Plastic cups

Soda cans

BBQ gear

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?