Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS311 - Little Bay
30 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Charley Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 70 kgs (estimated)
16.802366, -62.206335
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS311 - Little Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrat Island Dive Centre
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 30 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 66 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.802366
Longitude: -62.206335
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, rainy nights, 2m swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2616 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 11 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 18 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 24 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 10 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 19 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Fireworks | 90 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| wet wipes - paper/plastic | 10 |
| hair bands - rubber/ cloth | 3 |
| fibreglass sheet - plastic | 1 |
Additional Information
Christmas and festival activities
Dolls leg! Hair bands.
Fireworks - small and easily swallowed by animals with toxic materials
fishing line - Completely entangled around the reef, made removal difficult whilst ensuring minimal damage
Clothing - smothers the reef and restricts growth of the reef
Comments and Feedback
We are lucky to have a dedicated team of volunteers ready to Dive Against Debris every month. Grace even celebrated her 13th birthday helping to save the reef! Big thanks to everyone who helped out underwater and those that collected an extra 15kgs of trash from the beach!
