Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Horseshoe
19 September, 2021
- Team Leader
- Michael Creese
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 lbs (estimated)
25.13995, -80.2946
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Horseshoe
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Island Ventures
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 19 September, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.13995
Longitude: -80.2946
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
Additional Information
Commercial Lobster fishing
Broken lobster pots
Comments and Feedback
A group of 8 divers helped to clear the debris field north of Horseshoe reef of trap line and general trap debris. We also looked for a ghost trap and trap lines that we had identified in our August scope but it was no longer present
