Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Karacaoren Bay
27 June, 2023
- Team Leader
- Mark Taylor
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
36.542574577389, 29.05405096772
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Karacaoren Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Seahorse dive centre
- City
- Ölüdeniz
- Country
- Turkey
- Date
- 27 June, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.542574577389
Longitude: 29.05405096772
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 14520.3 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Canoe fin | 1 |
| Fitbit watch | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Common octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass bottle |
| Comments | Hiding in half a shell on the side of the bottle. |
Additional Information
Tourist boats throwing stuff overboard
Fitbit watch
Glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
Saw a nice little stingray whilst going back to the boat.
