Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sosua Beach
1 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- Christian Harder
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.62 kgs (measured)
19.76048, -70.51886
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sosua Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 1 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.76048
Longitude: -70.51886
- Weather Conditions
-
Regular
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 9000 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sanitary towel | 1 |
| band aid | 1 |
| Steel wool | 1 |
| Cleaning sponge | 1 |
