Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ocho Cascadas
1 March, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jay Clue
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
22.889895000054, -109.899392
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ocho Cascadas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Ninja Expeditions
- City
- Cabo San Lucas
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 1 March, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.889895000054
Longitude: -109.899392
- Weather Conditions
-
Little windy, clear, and slightly warmer
- Survey Depth Range
- 11–28 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1954.23 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) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 57 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Angel Fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fabric |
| Comments | Juvenil fish Stuck in fabric |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle |
| Comments | Juvenil octopus Found in plastic bottle |
Additional Information
Debris found close to arroyo (when we receive heavy rains in the autumn all the trash from the city is washed down the arroyos into the ocean here)
Car insulation
Plastic fragments
Plastic bottles
Plastic wrappers
Comments and Feedback
The survey area map should have a satellite view to make it easier to map.
There is still a lot more trash including large objects such as wheel barrows, carts, 50+ tires, etc. Thank you to our Divemaster students: Elena, Alexa, & Tane for organizing this dive; as well as Jack Fishman and Captain Alex for helping out today!
