Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dive Isla
17 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Hanna Bengtsson
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (measured)
21.25571480455835, -86.74892131704837
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Isla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pocna Dive Center
- City
- Isla Mujeres
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 17 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 21.25571480455835
Longitude: -86.74892131704837
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 750 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 27 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 11 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 46 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 22 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 7 |
| Cloth Fragments | 9 |
