Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ocho Cascadas
23 September, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jay
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 22 kgs (estimated)
22.889626777914, -109.89879488489
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ocho Cascadas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Ninja Expeditions
- City
- Cabo San Lucas
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 23 September, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.889626777914
Longitude: -109.89879488489
- Weather Conditions
-
Bit of surge, and wind 10 knots, light rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 16 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 46 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 10 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 165 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| Clothing | 4 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Phone silicone keypad | 1 |
| mop head (plastic & cloth) | 1 |
| toothpaste tube | 1 |
Additional Information
Dive site location is just offshore from an 'arroyo' (dry river bed that runs into the ocean when there are storms). About 1 month ago we had a category 1 hurricane named Genevieve which dropped a large amount of rain on the area.
A yellow magnetic plastic letter 'Y'
Plastic bags
Tarps
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
I think you should add a mixed debris item for electric wires (metal encased in rubber or plastic, etc)
During dive we found 2 areas with a lot of automobile tires. One area had 32 tires, the other about 20, and then another 15 or so tires outside of those 2 areas.
