Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Nirvana
10 March, 2016
- Team Leader
- Juan Carlos Tirado
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
12.501003, -81.732058
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Nirvana
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Paradise Dive Shop
- City
- Isla de San Andres
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 10 March, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.501003
Longitude: -81.732058
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 80 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 40 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 35 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 20 |
| Balloons | 4 |
| Balls | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 25 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 7 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 62 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 29 |
