Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Maguey
8 June, 2021
- Team Leader
- David-Alexandre Gassin
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
15.732627, -96.14943
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Maguey
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Huatulco Dive Center
- City
- Bahias de Huatulco
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 8 June, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 67 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.732627
Longitude: -96.14943
- Weather Conditions
-
We have had a lot of surge for the past three week but no storm.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 199.51 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
Additional Information
No special event but this site is near a famous beach and snorkel area. Also many fishermen are in that area.
