Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
4 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Charles Hay
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 lbs (estimated)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosúa
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 4 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
Warm, with heavy swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fabric Facemask | 1 |
| Menstrual Pad | 1 |
| Plastic Bracelet | 1 |
| Chewing Gum (chewed) | 2 |
| Protractor | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Urchin (juvenile) |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Cloth fragment |
Additional Information
Protractor
Beer cans
Cigarette butts
