Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS405 - Dragon Bay
5 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Michelle
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (measured)
12.084749948663, -61.761705618039
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS405 - Dragon Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- St. George’s
- Country
- Grenada
- Date
- 5 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.084749948663
Longitude: -61.761705618039
- Weather Conditions
-
HEAVY rain, flooding, landslides, rivers burst their banks enough to move cars!
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.8–5.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10924.3 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 14 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 226 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 305 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sponge | 1 |
| Spray top | 1 |
| Flooring piece | 1 |
| Clothing label | 1 |
| Dominoes pack | 1 |
| Condom wrapper | 1 |
Additional Information
We had major flooding about a week prior, causing major landslides that run off into the bay
Plastic bag pieces
Food wrappers
