Chonchi Bay seabed clean up
29 September, 2021
- Team Leader
- Shevy Divers
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (measured)
-42.619044229717, -73.768528244478
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Chonchi Bay seabed clean up
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sea Cleaner Divers
- City
- Chonchi
- Country
- Chile
- Date
- 29 September, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 63 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -42.619044229717
Longitude: -73.768528244478
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy rainy, low sea, flat condition.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 490 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- mud
- Ecosystem
- muddy with rocks
- 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) | 8 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 4 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 8 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 148 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 350 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 4 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 9 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 10 |
| Tires/tyres | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wellingtons | 6 |
| Desk lamp | 1 |
| bucket | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Trambollo / Labrisomus philippii |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Star Fish |
| Comments | They were inside bottles and buckets |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic bags and sacks |
| Comments | They were unhurt we also rescued an octopus that was unharmed |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Equinoideos / sea urchin |
| Number Entangled | 33 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Tires |
Additional Information
Not many fish were seen on the seabed but they were benthic such as stars and sea urchins. We also rescued from the debris an octopus that was released into the sea.
Desk lamp with all its electrical wiring.
Broken glass bottles
Tires
Battery
Comments and Feedback
Six divers participated in this initiative; 3 military divers from the Navy and 3 sports scuba divers (PADI), they were divided into 3 groups and with the support of a lifeline and a rubber boat on the surface as they collected garbage in sacks they carried it up. "Local action global impact"
Prior to diving, a training was given on the Scrutiny of Underwater Marine Litter for Divers and after the dive, weighing was carried out, segregation by type of waste (9 categories), registration, disposal (recycling) and final report.
