Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef
15 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- PADI Master Instructor Ivana 356300
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 11 kgs (estimated)
12.088975, -68.905175
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Bus
- City
- Curacao
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 15 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 58 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.088975
Longitude: -68.905175
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–17 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 44 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 13 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 23 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
Additional Information
Local Fishermen
A broken wooden chair
fishing line
plastic
fishing hooks stuck in the coral
Comments and Feedback
Positive note: for the first time I saw much less plastic and fishing line. All items picked up looked new and weren't in-crusted in the coral or covered in coral.
