Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Matthew's Reef
18 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Edmund Settle
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 lbs (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 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.3659508
Longitude: -68.8488826
- Weather Conditions
-
rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 39 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
broken surface buoy
plastic cups
