Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ojo de Agua
28 July, 2014
- Team Leader
- Rimas Okmanas
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 lbs (measured)
20.851499, -86.873207
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ojo de Agua
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Wet Set Diving Adventures
- City
- Puerto Morelos (1)
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 28 July, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.851499
Longitude: -86.873207
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, Calm seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.5–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- 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) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 15 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
Weekend beachgoers bring and leave tons of garbage. It enters from the beach.
Figurine of a monkey riding a horse.
Food containers and wrappers
Plastic bags
Beverage containers
