Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Matthew's Reef
18 October, 2022
- Team Leader
- Edmund Settle
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
18.3659508, -68.8488826
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Matthew's Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Coral Point Diving
- City
- Bayahibe (La Romana)
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 18 October, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.3659508
Longitude: -68.8488826
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny, afternoon rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 70 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
