Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS519 - Cabrits Jetty
23 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Kayla
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 lbs (estimated)
15.582133, -61.471546
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS519 - Cabrits Jetty
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Salt /our Salty Passports
- City
- Portsmouth
- Country
- Dominica
- Date
- 23 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.582133
Longitude: -61.471546
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 19–52 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2446.01 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Large metal bolt/screws | 24 |
| Electrical wire | 13 |
| Threaded rod | 36 |
| Misc filler | 96 |
Additional Information
Hurricane & Rebuilding of jetty
Radio & Wallet (I found the wallet's owner who was off island at the time, and even took her for a discover scuba experience when she came back!)
Threaded pipe
Bolts/screws
Off cuts
Comments and Feedback
this used to be a thriving reef - since the hurricane it's turned into a trash dump - the boats that dock there, the construction people rebuilding the dock, no one will take responsibility for the crap they are clearly dumping onto the reef below the Jetty.
