Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS98 - Carr's Bay
10 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Charlene A Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 45.5 kgs (measured)
16.797613, -62.209875
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS98 - Carr's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrat Island Dive Centre
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 10 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 64 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 175 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) | 63 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 10 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 101 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 48 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 11 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 748 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 81 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 8 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 14 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 37 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 7 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 8 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Foil cooking tray (metal | 1 |
| speaker (mixed - plastic/ metal) | 1 |
| fridge base runner (plastic) | 1 |
| car parts (plastic) | 4 |
| weedwhacker wire (plastic) | 13 |
| switch in a bag | 1 |
| fibreglass boat parts (plastic) | 3 |
| reflective adhesive strip (plastic) | 1 |
| toothpaste tube (plastic) | 1 |
| tube of silicon (plastic) | 1 |
| local store sign (plastic) | 1 |
| sandpaper (paper) | 1 |
| decorative flower (plastic) | 1 |
Additional Information
A brand new light switch fitting, still in its packaging!
plastic cups - in various stages of breakdown
plastic cutlery - abandoned negligently from beach side take away stands
Comments and Feedback
Its great that other groups are joining us in collaboration for our Project AWARE Dive Against Debris and beach clean ups! Together we can really make a difference!
World Oceans Day awareness campaign seems to have been a success, lets see how this continues through the rest of the year!
