Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC Mini Wall
11 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ana
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 lbs (estimated)
19.764027, -70.520323
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC Mini Wall
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 11 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.764027
Longitude: -70.520323
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain over the night
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–50 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 600 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Polaroid picture` | 1 |
| Insulation fragment | 1 |
| Hairties | 3 |
| Bar soap | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Brown Stripped Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Beer can |
| Comments | Released in the reef |
Additional Information
Public holiday
Bar soap
Beer cans
Plastic beverage bottles
Fishing line
