Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Whala
5 April, 2024
- Team Leader
- David Pletinckx
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
18.351794, -68.837512
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Whala
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DANA & IVAN CERNY FOUNDATION
- City
- BAYAHIBE
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 5 April, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.351794
Longitude: -68.837512
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 20 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 30 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 8 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 15 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 70 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 50 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing line and single use plastic.
Comments and Feedback
1 contruction debris, mix concrete rebar.
