Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Las Ninfas Pucusana
1 May, 2024
- Team Leader
- Michael Epstein
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 148 kgs (measured)
-12.479664, -76.800335
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Las Ninfas Pucusana
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pacific Divers Perú
- City
- Lima
- Country
- Peru
- Date
- 1 May, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -12.479664
Longitude: -76.800335
- Weather Conditions
-
Some small currents days prior the survey and the water temperature was around 16°C.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4357 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Rocky and sandy reef, close to the beach
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 251 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 66 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 87 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 11 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 25 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 10 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Chitas |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Inside bottles |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Common crab |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tires, cans and glass bottles |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Gastropods, chitons, nudibranchs, sea anemone |
| Number Entangled | 300 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass bottles |
| Comments | They were most commonly found on the inside and outside of glass bottles. Gastropods: #300 Chitons: #45 Nudibranchs: #4 Sea anemone: #1 |
Additional Information
Radio
Glass bottles
Cans
Plastic bottles
