Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Canyon
20 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Christian Harder
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.66 kgs (measured)
19.75718, -70.52068
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Canyon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin Sosua
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 20 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.75718
Longitude: -70.52068
- Weather Conditions
-
Waves and wind from north
Sargassum
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3540 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 21 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 13 |
| Plastic Fragments | 56 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cleat | 1 |
Additional Information
Humans
Cleat from mooring
