Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Half Moon Bay / West End
3 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Alejandro Hervas Barrabes
- Number of Participants
- 26
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (estimated)
16.305427, -86.593935
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Half Moon Bay / West End
- Organization/Dive Centre
- ROATAN DIVERS
- City
- Roatan
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 3 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 117 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.305427
Longitude: -86.593935
- Weather Conditions
-
The weather conditions were variable with rain and wind and some sunny days
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 39977.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 50 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 30 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 30 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 10 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 10 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 5 |
| Cigar Tips | 100 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
| Diapers/nappies | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 4 |
| Gloves (latex) | 10 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 50 |
| Tampon Applicators | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Toothbrushes | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 500 |
| Cigarette Filters | 300 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 8 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 10 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 50 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 50 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 12 |
| Gloves (rubber) | 15 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 100 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 50 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 20 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 12 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 20 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 15 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 100 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 13 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 28 |
| Tampons | 12 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
the garbage that we found are waste from the same island of Roatan and from nearby places like the mainland
The tire of a car
plastic
tire of car
Poliespan
Comments and Feedback
We hope to give an example so that people continue to act locally in the cleanup of our oceans. So that they realize when we see everything we accumulate of garbage inside the ocean, since this is not a garbage dump and it is the future of the following generations.
