Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mayday - Bocas Dive Center
27 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- Laurie
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 95 lbs (estimated)
9.3349017865698, -82.241319115274
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mayday - Bocas Dive Center
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bocas Dive Center
- City
- Isla Colon
- Country
- Panama
- Date
- 27 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.3349017865698
Longitude: -82.241319115274
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6400 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) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 89 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 83 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 17 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 3 |
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 135 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
