Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Boca Sami
16 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- PADI Master Instructor Ivana 356300
- Number of Participants
- 17
- Total Debris Collected
- 92 kgs (measured)
12.146987, -68.999579
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Boca Sami
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Bay Dive
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 16 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.146987
Longitude: -68.999579
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 165 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
Additional Information
Local fishermen fishing lots next to Curacao coast line
toothbrush
fishing line
glass bottles
single use plastic items
Comments and Feedback
Helping the locals to fish sustainably Educating the locals and tourists to stop using single use plastic
It is always a pleasure to conduct these monthly Dive Against Debris clean up dives. We can make a difference.
