Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
1 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- David Robinson
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 37.56 lbs (measured)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 1 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
Dry with short bursts of heavy rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral 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) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 19 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 25 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 34 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 216 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 15 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| Towels/rags | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 31 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sticker | 1 |
| feminine pads | 3 |
| tennis ball | 1 |
| hair ties | 16 |
| hair braid | 1 |
| earring | 1 |
| wig | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | decoratore crabs |
| Number Entangled | 25 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | clothing fragments |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | moray eel juvenile |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | clothing |
