Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS120 - Praia Vermelha Red Beach
19 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Caio Salles
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 18.5 kgs (measured)
-22.955264, -43.164149
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS120 - Praia Vermelha Red Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Projeto Verde Mar / Cumulus TV
- City
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Date
- 19 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -22.955264
Longitude: -43.164149
- Weather Conditions
-
Cold weather / sunny / south to southwest winds / south current
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 23 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 22 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Outlet extension | 1 |
| Kayak Paddle | 1 |
Additional Information
Religious ritual on the beach left glass bottles, wood boats with flowers offered for saints and even a dead animal as a sacrifice
Plastic fragments and plastic bags
Fish sinkers and lines
Plastic bags
Glass bottles
