Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Biesanz
23 January, 2025
- Team Leader
- Katherine Evans
- Number of Participants
- 17
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
9.4051502034495, -84.170316452418
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Biesanz
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Oceans Unlimited
- City
- Quepos
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Date
- 23 January, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.4051502034495
Longitude: -84.170316452418
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 25 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paddle | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Poccilopora Hard branching coral |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Comments | fishing line wrapped around the coral animal |
Additional Information
Many snorkeling boats go to this dive site
