Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
24 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Nichole Danser
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 65 kgs (estimated)
12.470307953115, -69.980066674621
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scubblebubbles
- City
- Pos Chiquito
- Country
- Aruba
- Date
- 24 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 72 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.470307953115
Longitude: -69.980066674621
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 80 m2
- 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) | 12 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 13 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 18 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 5 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 42 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 8 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Helmet | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs And Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 11 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tire |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Star |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tire |
| Comments | Spiny star |
