Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Julie's Reef
3 August, 2013
- Team Leader
- Karen Bohnsack
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 23 lbs (estimated)
26.9523, -80.023117
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Julie's Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Jupiter Dive Center
- City
- Jupiter
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 3 August, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.9523
Longitude: -80.023117
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 65–75 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 30000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- Hardbottom
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
Fishing: Line | 30 |
Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
Plastic Fragments | 2 |
glass materials collected | |
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Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
metal materials collected | |
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Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
SCUBA Weights | 1 |
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Toys | 1 |
other materials collected | |
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Battery cable | 2 |
Spark plugs | 4 |
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.