Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS532 - Maffessanti
10 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Dennis Fowler
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
18.413731, -77.0864
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS532 - Maffessanti
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sandals Ocho Beach Resort
- City
- Ocho Rios
- Country
- Jamaica
- Date
- 10 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.413731
Longitude: -77.0864
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 16 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Entangled in a tyre |
| Comments | Octopus was release back into the ocean |
Additional Information
No
Bucket cover
Tyre
Ropes
