Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Himalaya Bay, Sonora, Mexico
7 May, 2016
- Team Leader
- The Dive Shop - Tucson, AZ
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 lbs (measured)
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Himalaya Bay, Sonora, Mexico
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Shop, Tucson, AZ
- City
- Hermosillo
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 7 May, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude:
Longitude:
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–35 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 ft2
- 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) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| styrofoam block | 1 |
| plastic pipe 12 feet | 1 |
Additional Information
This is beach area is very popular for people from Hermosillo to spend the day or weekend. It is especially heavily used during Semana Santa (Easter time). Fisherman also use this area as their base camp.
long plastic pipe cut lengthwise with wood inside
plastic bags - mistaken for food, break down
styrofoam pieces - mistaken for fish eggs (round balls)
fish lines - wrap around reef, entangle marine animals
