Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Caletita
17 October, 2024
- Team Leader
- Kaja
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (measured)
20.494888252786, -86.964184936554
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Caletita
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Cozumel Dive School
- City
- San Miguel de Cozumel
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 17 October, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 87 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.494888252786
Longitude: -86.964184936554
- Weather Conditions
-
Hurricane Milton passing by the area around 10 days before; strong winds from South-West
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4822 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 7 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 18 |
| Plastic Fragments | 43 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 26 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 11 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 21 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| wires | 2 |
Additional Information
Hurricane Milton, strong winds from South & West; recreational activities at the site
boxer short & football shaped pin
plastic wrappings
beer cans
boat parts
