Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

runaway vista

6 April, 2018

Team Leader
alexis chacon
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
100 lbs (estimated)

9.3384505417079, -82.259908229689

Survey Information

Location Name
runaway vista
Organization/Dive Centre
bocas diving pirates
City
Isla Colon
Country
Panama
Date
6 April, 2018
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.3384505417079
Longitude: -82.259908229689
Weather Conditions
sunny days
Survey Depth Range
5–16 meters
Area Surveyed
40 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 6
Fishing: Line 3
Plastic Fragments 4
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Metal Fragments 13
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name crabs, brittel stars.
Number Entangled 17
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris cans, plastic bottel

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?