Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Punta Galindez
22 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jim Morelli
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 lbs (estimated)
18.110600031654, -65.396708333865
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Punta Galindez
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Beard Sports & Ticatove
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 22 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.110600031654
Longitude: -65.396708333865
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly Sunny with Moderate Winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–29 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 83667 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
Just normal human activity
fishing trap parts
cans
some fishing gear
