Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
24 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Charles Hay
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.88 lbs (measured)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 24 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
Dry and hot
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 13 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 29 |
| Cigarette Filters | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Metal Fragments | 26 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Zip Ties | 2 |
| Fibreglass | 1 |
| Fake Nail | 1 |
| Hairbands | 3 |
| Menstrual Pad | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Clinging crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | drinks can |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Drinks can |
Additional Information
Fake Nail
