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Dive Friends Bonaire Bari's Reef (Sand Dollar Resort)

12 November, 2018

Team Leader
Kathryn Hehre
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
14 kgs (estimated)

12.167979312192, -68.287500609727

Survey Information

Location Name
Dive Friends Bonaire Bari's Reef (Sand Dollar Resort)
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
12 November, 2018
Survey Duration
51 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.167979312192
Longitude: -68.287500609727
Weather Conditions
32 degrees C, partly sunny, scattered rain and small storm cells passing through
Survey Depth Range
5–12.7 meters
Area Surveyed
1200 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Plastic Fragments 3
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 6
Beverage Bottles (glass) 23
metal materials collected
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 8
other materials collected
Sunglasses (mostly plastic, metal screws) 1

Dive site is near a popular beach bar on Bonaire.

Glass Bottles (beer)

Glass fragments


There are a lot of oil drums, machine parts, and glass bottles that are already over grown with corals that were not removed.

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