Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Breakers Reef
3 August, 2013
- Team Leader
- Karen Bohnsack
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 lbs (estimated)
26.707333, -80.015833
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Breakers Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Narcosis Dive Charters
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 3 August, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 41 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.707333
Longitude: -80.015833
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 60–62 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 26000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- Hardbottom
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weights | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Flashlight | 1 |
| Fishing rod/piece of rod | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
This dive was part of the 3rd Annual Southeast Florida Reef Cleanup, hosted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This event included numerous dive opportunities aboard local dive charter boats in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. Each dive will be reported separately.
