Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
24 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Nichole Danser
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 420 kgs (estimated)
12.470307953115, -69.980066674621
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scubblebubbles and ALFI
- City
- Pos Chiquito
- Country
- Aruba
- Date
- 24 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.470307953115
Longitude: -69.980066674621
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 80 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 154 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 30 |
| Baskets, Crates | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 42 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 36 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 17 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 8 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 47 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 67 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 14 |
| Plastic Fragments | 38 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 41 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 47 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Appliances: Household | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 19 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 24 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 1 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| SCUBA Weights | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 34 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 15 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Rope |
Additional Information
No
Refrigerator
Plastic ice bags
Plastic bottles
Rope
