Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Keys Canyon
20 July, 2013
- Team Leader
- Karen Bohnsack
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (measured)
25.720617, -80.098933
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Keys Canyon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- RJ Diving Ventures
- City
- Miami
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 20 July, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.720617
Longitude: -80.098933
- Weather Conditions
-
Unknown
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–33 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 45000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- Consolidated hard bottom
- 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
Plastic Fragments | 1 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
cloth materials collected | |
---|---|
Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
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 a total of numerous dive opportunities aboard local Dive Charter Boats in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. Each dive will be reported to separately.