Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Something Special
15 December, 2024
- Team Leader
- Sharon Gelmers
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (estimated)
12.161061198301, -68.283028559026
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Something Special
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Elite
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 15 December, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.161061198301
Longitude: -68.283028559026
- Weather Conditions
-
Normal
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
nope
flip flop
plastics - it is also a bbq spot
clothes - comes from the boats at the mooring
fishinglines - found a lot of them, but it's common to have fisherman at the location we did the survey
Comments and Feedback
we had 2 crew at the beach for clean up. They filled 2 garbage bags full, within 15 minutes. .... We didn't even start the dive yet
