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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Magallanes Beach

21 September, 2023

Team Leader
Chloe von Kaenel
Number of Participants
21
Total Debris Collected
86.3 kgs (measured)

18.363788208479, -68.842514927721

Survey Information

Location Name
Magallanes Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
DANA & IVAN CERNY FOUNDATION
City
BAYAHIBE
Country
Dominican Republic
Date
21 September, 2023
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 18.363788208479
Longitude: -68.842514927721
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–6 meters
Area Surveyed
80 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 11
Bags: Trash (plastic) 20
Bait Containers, Packaging 50
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 20
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 30
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 10
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 10
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 15
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 60
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 15
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 20
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 15
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 12

This dive clean-up was part of a bigger beach cleaning event. There was a team in the water (data reported here) and a team on the beach (data not reported here), in total we collected 202 kg of trash. This report contains only the underwater clean up.

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