Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lighthouse/Loggerhead
3 August, 2013
- Team Leader
- Karen Bohnsack
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
26.939167, -80.021583
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lighthouse/Loggerhead
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Jupiter Dive Center
- City
- Jupiter
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 3 August, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.939167
Longitude: -80.021583
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 60–75 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 | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 38 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Dive knife | 1 |
| Cloth weight belt | 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.
