Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC-Los Cabezos
25 March, 2022
- Team Leader
- Christian Harder
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 lbs (estimated)
19.75778, -70.51851
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC-Los Cabezos
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divecenter Merlin
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 25 March, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.75778
Longitude: -70.51851
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny, one day with bigger waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–7.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 16 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 36 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 18 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 6 |
| Rubber Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
Proximity to the beach and some runoffs from shore
corner of a plastic table with leg
Plastic bottles
Cans
Food wrappers
