Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Mini Wall
18 March, 2023
- Team Leader
- Charles Hay
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 lbs (estimated)
19.764027, -70.520323
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Mini Wall
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 18 March, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.764027
Longitude: -70.520323
- Weather Conditions
-
1 heavy rainstorm day before
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 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) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hairtie | 1 |
| Menstrual Pad | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavy rainstorm and poor waste management causing runoff.
Menstrual pad... yuck!
