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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

LAS PEÑITAS

30 July, 2016

Team Leader
JAIME SANTAMARIA
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
55 kgs (estimated)

1.835197, -78.744507

Survey Information

Location Name
LAS PEÑITAS
Organization/Dive Centre
TUMACO DIVERS
City
TUMACO
Country
Colombia
Date
30 July, 2016
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 1.835197
Longitude: -78.744507
Weather Conditions
NORMAL
Survey Depth Range
8–10 meters
Area Surveyed
50 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 173
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 19
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 39
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 15
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 35
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
other materials collected
COSTALES 7
CAPS CALIBER BULLETS 50 4

CAPS CALIBER BULLETS 50

PLASTIC BAGS : excess packaging bags by trade and misuse

PLASTICS VESSELS : its low cost and high demand by restaurants and bars

PLASTIC CONTAINERS : everyday use and low cost makes people prematurely discard them

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