Dive Against Debris Data Submission
James Bay
22 April, 2023
- Team Leader
- Maria Freitas
- Number of Participants
- 26
- Total Debris Collected
- 230 kgs (measured)
-15.923621, -5.719779
Survey Information
- Location Name
- James Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- PADI
- City
- James Town
- Country
- Saint Helena
- Date
- 22 April, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -15.923621
Longitude: -5.719779
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear/ Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 120 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 31 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 43 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 72 |
| Fishing: Line | 1000 |
| Plastic Fragments | 312 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 22 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 19 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 14 |
| Metal Fragments | 138 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 200 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3800 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 54 |
| Toys | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Golf Balls | 10 |
| Cable/ Zip Ties | 328 |
| Brush/ Comb | 6 |
| Radio Tapes | 2 |
| Pen Tops | 4 |
| Metal Railing/ Barriers | 3 |
Additional Information
No
Denture plastic Teeth
Fishing lines and Ropes
Small Plastic Fragments
