Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Iniciativa bajo Tranquilo - VII Jornada de Voluntarios
11 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Jorge H. Sanchez
- Number of Participants
- 24
- Total Debris Collected
- 1084 kgs (measured)
12.534562, -81.735116
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Iniciativa bajo Tranquilo - VII Jornada de Voluntarios
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Playa Tranquilo
- City
- San Andres, Isla
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 11 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 24 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.534562
Longitude: -81.735116
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 12.3–12.3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 21450 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 10 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 6 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 25 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 240 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 100 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 19 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 11 |
| SCUBA Weights | 20 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 100 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 50 |
| Towels/rags | 200 |
| Cloth Fragments | 200 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 10 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Cangrejos |
| Number Entangled | 110 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cangrejos |
