Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Director's Bay Curacao
25 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Nanne Van Der Heiden
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
12.065992062153832, -68.8599443435669
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Director's Bay Curacao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Bus
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 25 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.065992062153832
Longitude: -68.8599443435669
- Weather Conditions
-
calm and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 15 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 15 |
Additional Information
local fishermen and locals breaking in the tourist cars at parking lot dive site
1000 pieces of glass caused by a car break in
soda cans
plastic bags
fishing line
Comments and Feedback
after the clean up unfortunately there was still a lot of debris on the coral. One clean up, one group was not enough.
