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DROC - Los Cabezos

20 January, 2023

Team Leader
Christian Harder
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
0.94 kgs (measured)

19.75778, -70.51851

Survey Information

Location Name
DROC - Los Cabezos
Organization/Dive Centre
Divecenter Merlin Sosua
City
Sosua
Country
Dominican Republic
Date
20 January, 2023
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 19.75778
Longitude: -70.51851
Weather Conditions
Waves and Wind from the north
Sargassum
Survey Depth Range
2.5–7 meters
Area Surveyed
2910 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 9
Diapers/nappies 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 19
Plastic Fragments 73
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Duck tape 1
Christmas decoration 1

Sargassum

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