Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Yaxchen
24 April, 2022
- Team Leader
- Peggy
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 lbs (estimated)
20.130879, -87.462585
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Yaxchen
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Infinity 2 Diving
- City
- Tulum
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 24 April, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 78 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.130879
Longitude: -87.462585
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with outbreaks of rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–6.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Cenote
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 4 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Headband | 1 |
| Band aid | 1 |
Additional Information
NA
Nail
Fishing line
Hair ties
Metal sharps
Comments and Feedback
1st time using the padi slates and our 1st time diving against debris (very enjoyable)
