Dive Against Debris Data Submission
LaBuga #383465
27 May, 2023
- Team Leader
- Ruben Oscar Estrada
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (measured)
9.3374, -82.240211
Survey Information
- Location Name
- LaBuga #383465
- Organization/Dive Centre
- La Buga
- City
- Isla Colon
- Country
- Panama
- Date
- 27 May, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.3374
Longitude: -82.240211
- Weather Conditions
-
No rain, flat sea, no waves, good visibility
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 66 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 37 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 9 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 63 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
Additional Information
No
Nothing special
Beer bottles
Beer cans
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
There are some discoteques where we found a lot of cans and beer bottles. We already spoke with the owners to raise awareness among their costumers about dropping things in the water. They said they will put signlas and more trash cans.
