Dive Against Debris Data Submission
DROC - La Puntilla
25 November, 2022
- Team Leader
- Ana Pineda
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 lbs (estimated)
19.761028, -70.520556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- DROC - La Puntilla
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Cabarete
- City
- Sosua
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Date
- 25 November, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.761028
Longitude: -70.520556
- Weather Conditions
-
Tropical winter, daily rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 29 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| Cigarette Filters | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 16 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Chewing Gum | 1 |
| Hairtie | 1 |
| Menstrual Pad | 1 |
| Fibreglass Fragment | 1 |
| Plasters/Band-Aids | 2 |
