Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - Mini Wall
29 August, 2022
- Team Leader
- Charles Hay
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 lbs (estimated)
19.764027, -70.520323
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - Mini Wall
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 29 August, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.764027
Longitude: -70.520323
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot and Humid with daily short period of heavy rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–30 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 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| HairTie | 2 |
| Copper Cable | 1 |
| Toothpaste Tube | 1 |
| Hotel Entry Bracelet | 1 |
| Menstrual Pad | 2 |
| Piece of paint | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Toothpaste Tube |
Additional Information
Baby Octopus inside a toothpaste tube!
