Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS451 - Aurora
15 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Hayley-Jo Carr
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 63 lbs (measured)
25.0427607253, -77.260180741176
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS451 - Aurora
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Reef Rescue Network
- City
- Nassau
- Country
- Bahamas
- Date
- 15 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 77 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.0427607253
Longitude: -77.260180741176
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–17 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1818.5 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral 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) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 47 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
Additional Information
Many glass bottles likely thrown overboard off boats.
Glass Bottles
Cloth Fragments
Rope
Comments and Feedback
This dive site will now be an 'Adopted Dive Site' for the Reef Rescue Network.
