Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ratchette Reef
5 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- Rick Blaylock
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 83.6 lbs (measured)
13.85719, -61.06351
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ratchette Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sandals Grande Saint Lucian #10433
- City
- Pigeon Island
- Country
- Saint Lucia
- Date
- 5 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.85719
Longitude: -61.06351
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy - wet
Tropical Storm passed north of island in days prior.
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–100 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 300 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 900 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 26 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 34 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 12 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
Additional Information
Heavy storms forcing pollution from Rivers into ocean.
Vehicle wheel Rotor mechanism
Fishing Line - need more bottom time and repeat efforts to make bigger imapct
Unrecoverable Tires - not enough resources to remove
Plastics refuse from polluted rivers draining to ocean.
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