Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS475 - Cha Cha Cha Beach
16 April, 2019
- Team Leader
- Kathryn Hehre
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
12.145864893633, -68.276343687482
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS475 - Cha Cha Cha Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 16 April, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 53 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.145864893633
Longitude: -68.276343687482
- Weather Conditions
-
30 degrees C, windy, mostly sunny.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiber glass | 3 |
| Hair ties (cloth, rubber) | 3 |
Additional Information
This is near an area that is heavily trafficked by cruise lines.
Hair ties
Plastic
Metal
Comments and Feedback
This was part of a AWARE Dive Against Debris Specialty Course!
