Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mayday - Bocas Dive Center
30 July, 2023
- Team Leader
- Laurie
- Number of Participants
- 24
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 lbs (estimated)
9.3350958086618, -82.241231110658
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mayday - Bocas Dive Center
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bocas Dive Center
- City
- Isla Colon
- Country
- Panama
- Date
- 30 July, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.3350958086618
Longitude: -82.241231110658
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 120 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 23 |
| Diapers/nappies | 11 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 18 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 140 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 9 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 5 |
