Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mega Pier to Piscadera Bay
12 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Passionate PADI Instructors Ivana & Jane
- Number of Participants
- 41
- Total Debris Collected
- 19 kgs (measured)
12.11861, -68.98333
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mega Pier to Piscadera Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Curacao Dive Society
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 12 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 71 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.11861
Longitude: -68.98333
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 290 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Gloves (latex) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 13 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 271 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Plastic Fishing Reel |
Additional Information
Local Fishermen, local open bins without covers, the island is very windy. Rubbish flies out very easily.
Clothes pegs
Fishing line
Fishing hooks
Plastic cups, forks and spoons
Comments and Feedback
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