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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Todd's Playground

9 August, 2017

Team Leader
Victoria Martin
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (measured)

20.518835, -86.950044

Survey Information

Location Name
Todd's Playground
Organization/Dive Centre
Aldora Divers
City
Cozumel
Country
Mexico
Date
9 August, 2017
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 20.518835
Longitude: -86.950044
Weather Conditions
Tropical storm, wind and rain. Sunny and hot before that.
Survey Depth Range
10–18.4 meters
Area Surveyed
1328 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 18
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 7
Plastic Fragments 13
Cigarette Filters 1
Strapping Bands (plastic) 6
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 32
Beverage Bottles (glass) 9
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 2
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 4
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 10
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
other materials collected
paint fragments 2

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