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Playaca

15 July, 2023

Team Leader
Joshua
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
128 kgs (measured)

11.262043, -74.197601

Survey Information

Location Name
Playaca
Organization/Dive Centre
Atlantida Centro De Buceo
City
Santa Marta
Country
Colombia
Date
15 July, 2023
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 11.262043
Longitude: -74.197601
Weather Conditions
Hot
Survey Depth Range
1–10 meters
Area Surveyed
6110.26 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 280
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 15
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 130
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 159
Diapers/nappies 4
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
Tampon Applicators 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 57
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 14
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 3
Status dead
Type of Debris crab
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Estrella Quebradizs
Number Entangled 2
Type of Debris starfish

Turism

Chancla

Plastic

Plastic

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