Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS98 - Carr's Bay
14 October, 2017
- Team Leader
- Charley Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 9.5 kgs (measured)
16.797613, -62.209875
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS98 - Carr's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrrat Island Dive Centre
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 14 October, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm seas but poor visibility after hurricanes.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.8–11.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 13 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic panel | 1 |
| metal sheet | 2 |
| loudspeaker (mixed materials) | 1 |
| clothes peg (mixed plastic and metal) | 1 |
| rubber piping | 1 |
| cricket ball (rubber) | 1 |
| plastic ball | 1 |
| IPod charger | 1 |
Additional Information
Recent hurricanes may have washed debris further out to sea and away from the site than we expected. We usually collect many more drinks cans and plastic cutlery.
Children's toy plastic clock.
Fishig line - tangled around corals and fans.
Plastic piping that was partially buried in sand or wedged between rocks.
Microplastcis - too many small pieces to collect.
Comments and Feedback
Project Aware bags are quite flimsy and not strong enough to hold some debris.
