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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Chachacha Beach

22 May, 2016

Team Leader
Dive Friends Bonaire
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
25 kgs (estimated)

12.145955, -68.276352

Survey Information

Location Name
Chachacha Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
22 May, 2016
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.145955
Longitude: -68.276352
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–18 meters
Area Surveyed
387 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 12
Fishing: Line 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 7
Strapping Bands (plastic) 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 3
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 4
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1

This week we celebrated the world famous Bonaire Marine Park with the Bonaire Dive Week! With a wide variety of activities, such as free dip-dives with Ocean Reef IDM Systems and Clean Up Dives, divers and snorkelers got the chance to enjoy our amazing reefs and contribute to a debris free ocean at the same time! On Sunday, May 22nd, 15 participants removed 80 items of marine debris at our Dive Inn house reef, Cha Cha Cha Beach. The catch included, amongst others, fishing line, plastic cups and plates, rubber fragments, and metal caps and lids.

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