Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marina Paraiso Docks
22 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Stephanie Hammond de Boboli
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 333 lbs (measured)
21.24273, -86.74061
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marina Paraiso Docks
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Paradise Divers Isla Mujeres
- City
- Isla Mujeres
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 22 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 21.24273
Longitude: -86.74061
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 72949 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- 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) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 29 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 17 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 4 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 35 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 18 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 8 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 13 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 28 |
| Towels/rags | 19 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Lots of boat rope and fishing wire
American Flag
boat rope - lots of boats in the marina
glass bottles - from the local fishermen
disposable cups - problematic everywhere
