Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Couples Tower Isle Resort
21 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Douglas Ryan Lowe
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
18.42112681831, -77.039504206514
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Couples Tower Isle Resort
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Couples Tower Isle Scuba
- City
- Ocho Rios
- Country
- Jamaica
- Date
- 21 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 36 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.42112681831
Longitude: -77.039504206514
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm mornings, Choppy water in the afternoon. Occasional light rain showers.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–9 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 3074.37 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass bed and sandy bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
Additional Information
Drink cups from the resort bar sunk under and adjacent to floating pads for resort guest use.
20+ ft of barbed wire
Guest drink cups - guest sink their plastic cups instead of bringing them back to the bar
barbed wire spool - entaglement issue for sea life as well as guests
construction debris, peeled latex paint sheets
Comments and Feedback
This is the first orghanized debris cleaning in several decades. Cultural issues lead many of the residents and staff to "let the trash wash up, then pick it off the sand".
