Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
5 August, 2022
- Team Leader
- Charles Hay
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 lbs (estimated)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 5 August, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot, humid, with daily early morning periods of heavy rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–30 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 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: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Cigarette Filters | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Plaster/Band-Aid | 1 |
