ADS09 - Rompeolas/Mosquito Pier
16 October, 2017
- Team Leader
- Cristina von Essen
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 lbs (estimated)
18.148280137546, -65.513835037127
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS09 - Rompeolas/Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Beard Sports
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 October, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148280137546
Longitude: -65.513835037127
- Weather Conditions
-
Hurricane/Storm/Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 21–41 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10591.3 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 53 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Clothing | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 8 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line and bucket |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Fireworm |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | bucket |
Additional Information
Hurricane Maria and following rainstorms wash off from shore and maybe carried from other places underwater.
Light bulb.
Fishing line
Beer Cans
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
This was the first time that we were able to dive after the pass of Hurricane Maria through Vieques. We were really happy to see the usual underwater residents in the area, specially after the pier was used as docking base for the USCG as part of the relief efforts for distributing diesel fuel and supplies. There was still many debris we could not take out, because we did not have the equipment on hand. Hopefully we will take it out on our next dive.
Our official entrance to the dive site is gone due to both Hurricanes that passed. In the future once we are able we will rebuild it.
