Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS479 - Boca Sami
15 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Marcel Zinnert
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 160 kgs (estimated)
12.146246, -68.999348
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS479 - Boca Sami
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Central Dive Curacao B.V.
- City
- Willemstad
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 15 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 67 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.146246
Longitude: -68.999348
- Weather Conditions
-
Good, sunny 32 ° Celsius
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 13818 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 24 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 30 |
| Fishing: Line | 72 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 13 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 19 |
| Plastic Fragments | 21 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 32 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 19 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 181 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 24 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 14 |
| Cloth Fragments | 11 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 32 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 5 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Car tire | 3 |
| Porthole of a ship | 1 |
| Anchor | 1 |
Additional Information
Boca Sami is located at a small fishing port, I think a few fishermen throw their garbage overboard before they come back ashore. In addition, the harbor is like a catch basin, where the garbage accumulates. This is a pure assumptions of mine (Marcel Zinnert)!
Beer bottles Fishing lines
Extremely many beer bottles
Fishing lines
Plastic bottels (small up to 0.5liter)
Comments and Feedback
The area was much too large for 14 participants. Also we had expected more garbage at the harbor entrance and a little less in the bay!
With regard to the Dive Task Force Curacao, where we are a new member, we would also like to adopt Boca Sami as a dive site.
