Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ocho Cascadas
31 December, 2020
- Team Leader
- Ellen Myers
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
22.894105461686, -109.89348218183
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ocho Cascadas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Ninja Expeditions
- City
- Cabo San Lucas
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 31 December, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.894105461686
Longitude: -109.89348218183
- Weather Conditions
-
Very windy, no rain, very sunny, full moon, family holidays.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–26 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sandy bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 17 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 24 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 11 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 13 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 29 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sunglasses | 2 |
| earphones | 1 |
| iv bag | 1 |
| music cassette | 1 |
Additional Information
Flooding from Hurricane in late August 2020
IV Bag from Hospital; game control stick
fishing line
nylon bags
thin plastic bags/ tarps
