Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sosua Beach
16 March, 2022
- Team Leader
- Claudio Brandileone
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 29 lbs (estimated)
19.760916666667, -70.518583333333
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sosua Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 16 March, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.760916666667
Longitude: -70.518583333333
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny
Some waves from north
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- SAND
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 58 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 26 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 28 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 81 |
| Cigarette Filters | 13 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 34 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 47 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 7 |
| Rubber Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 43 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 21 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglas parts | 5 |
| Sponge | 4 |
| Brooom | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Soldier fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | bottle |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | sponge |
Additional Information
Rain and waves
Brooom
Plastic bottles
cans alu
