Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS584 - Holyrood Marina
10 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Mark McGowan
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
47.389297, -53.126558
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS584 - Holyrood Marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Quesat Adventures
- City
- Conception Bay South
- Country
- Canada
- Date
- 10 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 47.389297
Longitude: -53.126558
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast, light rain, light winds, calm seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 200 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- 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 |
| Balls | 114 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 23 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 32 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| auto parts, plastic/metal, distributor cap | 1 |
| auto parts, rubber, radiator hose | 1 |
| hose, rubber, garden | 1 |
| plastic, spool | 1 |
| paint roller | 1 |
| plastic, lighter, disposable | 1 |
| plastic/metal, shotgun shells, spent | 5 |
Additional Information
The site surveyed is adjacent to a private marina. Most of the debris was deposited in the ocean by persons aboard private yachts leaving and returning to the marina.
113 golf balls. There is a golf course about 1.68 miles away from the site surveyed.
beverage containers: represented approximately 30% of the debris collected
Comments and Feedback
This dive agains debris was conducted in conjunction with Project AWARE training. The participants will be earning Project AWARE certifications. Team motivation was high!!
