Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Canyon
21 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ema Stevanova
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.525 kgs (measured)
19.75718, -70.52068
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Canyon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 21 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 61 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.75718
Longitude: -70.52068
- Weather Conditions
-
Some wind from the north
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4600 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) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 14 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 89 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Dental floss | 1 |
| Battery terminal conection | 1 |
Additional Information
Humans on the beach/close to ocean
