Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Fredriksted Beach
27 February, 2024
- Team Leader
- Andy
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 lbs (estimated)
17.710749, -64.883726
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Fredriksted Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Cane Bay Dive Shop
- City
- Fredriksted
- Country
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Date
- 27 February, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 100 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 17.710749
Longitude: -64.883726
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain / Sun
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–12 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 74242.1 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Cigarette Filters | 40 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Plasic
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Part of Mama's Black Sheep Pier Cleanup Event
Dive was shore line from small boat pier to the cruise ship pier
