Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS15 - Blue Heron Bridge, Phil Foster Park
16 June, 2022
- Team Leader
- Jillian Blakkan-Strauss
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (estimated)
26.783239576275, -80.040466343543
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS15 - Blue Heron Bridge, Phil Foster Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pura Vida Divers
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 June, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 72 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.783239576275
Longitude: -80.040466343543
- Weather Conditions
-
A few days of heavy rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–21 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 51656.1 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Leather upholstery liner | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Southern Stingray |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Fishing line caught in stingray’s mouth |
Additional Information
No
Car stereo system
Plastic fragments
Glass shards
Fishing line
