Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Los Cabezos
2 March, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ema Stevanova
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 8.47 kgs (measured)
19.75778, -70.51851
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Los Cabezos
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 2 March, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.75778
Longitude: -70.51851
- Weather Conditions
-
Regular
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2025 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 41 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 181 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 4 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 12 |
| Metal Fragments | 67 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 33 |
| Rubber Fragments | 17 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 47 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| zip ties | 33 |
| motorbike helmet | 2 |
| iphone cases | 2 |
| apple headphone | 1 |
| sunglasses | 2 |
| razors and parts | 5 |
| suitcase wheel | 1 |
| toothpaste tube | 2 |
| hair & clothe pins | 8 |
Additional Information
Manuel = zip ties
