Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bitter End Yacht Club shoreline
8 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kay Van Leuven
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 450 lbs (estimated)
18.497466168859, -64.357833176819
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bitter End Yacht Club shoreline
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sunchaser Scuba
- City
- Virgin Gorda
- Country
- British Virgin Islands
- Date
- 8 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 89 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.497466168859
Longitude: -64.357833176819
- Weather Conditions
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The weather has been great. 10-18 knots out of the east. Mostly sunny with a couple of rain showers.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 60000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- 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) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 29 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 89 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 4 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 90 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 90 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 4 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 23 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 9 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 15 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 9 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
yes, there is a trash barge located there which is open, so when it gets windy, mainly the cardboard flies into the water
Iphone
alcohol bottles, because they fall of the boat
cups, because they fly off and fall in the water
towels because boaters hang them up to dry
