Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
31 May, 2022
- Team Leader
- Ana
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 31 May, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
2 days of rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–77 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2420 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 13 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Cigarette Filters | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 12 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal roofing fragments | 3 |
| Medical facemask | 1 |
| Feminine pad | 1 |
| Baby wipe | 1 |
| T-shirt | 1 |
| Sock | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | 1 Hawk Fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Aluminum Can |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | 2 Black Point Sculling Crabs / 1 Lobster Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloths |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | 1 Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Aluminum Can |
Additional Information
N/A
Metal roofing fragments.
Beer cans
Cigarette Butts
Plastic Cups
Comments and Feedback
There's no category to label medical stuff like face masks which has become a big problem after COVID.
