Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ivan Underwater Park (future name)
23 June, 2023
- Team Leader
- Chloe von Kaenel
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
18.37761968528, -68.853480814561
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ivan Underwater Park (future name)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DANA & IVAN CERNY FOUNDATION
- City
- BAYAHIBE
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 23 June, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.37761968528
Longitude: -68.853480814561
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Balloons | 100 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 45 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 27 |
Additional Information
This reef is right on a big touristic boat route direction Catalina Island. All the trash recovered was single-use plastic cups and beer bottles from those excursions.
2 packs of plastic balloons with about 50 balloons each floating on the surface in the bay of Bayahibe. Probably coming from a restaurant making an event...
Comments and Feedback
The site is not an official dive site yet. This is the location we are surveying to create our future Underwater Park (hence the name). For more information, check out our Instagram page @cernyfoundation or our website www.dicf.org
