ADS98 - Carr's Bay
12 November, 2016
- Team Leader
- Charley Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 37 lbs (measured)
16.797613, -62.209875
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS98 - Carr's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrat Island Dive Centre
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 12 November, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–10.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 230 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 13 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 46 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 68 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 44 |
| Plastic Fragments | 228 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 136 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 17 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| Towels/rags | 9 |
| Cloth Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| whistle (plastic) | 1 |
| tape reel (plastic) | 1 |
| condom wrappers (foil) | 2 |
| Potting tray (plastic) | 1 |
| silicon from caulk gun (plastic) | 1 |
| vinyl carpet (plastic) | 1 |
| car mats (rubber) | 1 |
| baby bottle teat (rubber) | 1 |
| chair leg (plastic) | 1 |
| Handle (plastic) | 1 |
| car parts (rubber) | 1 |
Additional Information
After the heavy rain storms the past week, we found most of the debris was concealed between numerous leaves, making it a challenging (although fun) search! the team swam very carefully so as not to disturb the leaf litter, but still the majority of the dive was spent on a 20m^2 area slowly searching, waiting for the leaves to settle and researching. A conscious effort completed by all!
An unidentified something… electrical car part? a lamp? None of our team seemed to be able to work it out! See the photo, if you know what it may be drop us a message a our Facebook page Montserrat Island Dive Centre
Beverage cans - single use and easily washed to the sea. Thankfully most fill with water and sand and sink, so we can find them to save the reef!
Plastic cutlery - used once and discarded. If we have to eat out we carry our own washable tools!
Plastic fragments - pieces of all sizes of indistinguishable origin. Broken down in the water to provide a toxic meal for an unsuspecting fish!
Comments and Feedback
Thank you to all those who didn't get into SCUBA but still helped out on the beach. We had 2 free divers, 2 beach helpers and our wonderful helper, Arthur, who carries the garbage to the dumpsite! You really don't have to be a diver to help out on these clean up events!
