Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Klein Curacao
2 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Hans Pleij
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
11.985019816245, -68.645883277059
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Klein Curacao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- CURious 2 DIVE as Partner of the Curacao Clean Up foundation
- City
- Willemstad
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 2 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.985019816245
Longitude: -68.645883277059
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm sea current on the plateau
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 4000 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 38 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 16 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 16 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 6 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 30 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| BBQ | 1 |
| lead pipes | 3 |
| boat navigation unit | 1 |
| sunglasses | 2 |
| electric wire | 1 |
Additional Information
We Have also done a cleanup on land and collected 580 bags of 50 liters with plastic trash and all kind of marine debris that wash up on shore.
Comments and Feedback
Curacao Clean Up did a combination of beach and underwater. Underwater collected 150 kg of debris and shore did 580 bags of 50 liters with washed on shore debris most plastic bottles and fragments.
Check out this video gives you an idea. https://www.facebook.com/curacaocleanup/videos/1447096258722149/
