Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS287 - Escambron Marine Park
27 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Alberto Marti
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 lbs (estimated)
18.465833, -66.086667
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS287 - Escambron Marine Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Dogs
- City
- San Juan
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 27 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.465833
Longitude: -66.086667
- Weather Conditions
-
A little rough with mild winds and waves. Visibility was around 5-10 ft.
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 300 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
Plastic straws , a lot of people use them to drink sodas
Beer Bottles ,people drink in this beach quite often
Cans(bee, soda, etc), a lot of people eat here
Comments and Feedback
Since we started doing this clean up we have really seen a difference in how clean it is an a diminution in the garbage that we take out.
