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Ocho cascadas

5 June, 2022

Team Leader
Aitor Diaz
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

22.889285, -109.898503

Survey Information

Location Name
Ocho cascadas
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Ninja Expeditions
City
Cabo San Lucas
Country
Mexico
Date
5 June, 2022
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.889285
Longitude: -109.898503
Weather Conditions
Sunny, but rains and wind close by on the last week
Survey Depth Range
11–18 meters
Area Surveyed
1991 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Sand
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 7
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Balls 1
Baskets, Crates 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 20
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 27
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 8
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 7
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4
other materials collected
SIM card 1
Razor plastic cartridge 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris In all of them
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Baby octopus
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris A bunch of baby octopus inside the wraps and cloth

Arroyo down of the city.

SIM card and razor cartridges

Plastic bottles

Plastic bags


Is a tire graveyard. A bunch of them that could be taken out with lift bags

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