Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Playaca bahía de Taganga
16 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Álvaro Baigorri
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (measured)
11.261871152389, -74.197047900048
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Playaca bahía de Taganga
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Atlantida Bucea
- City
- Santa Marta
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 16 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.261871152389
Longitude: -74.197047900048
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 860.516 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 80 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cane |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Orfiura |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bag |
Additional Information
Rain
Snorkel
Plastic bags
Plastic bottles
Canes
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