Dive Against Debris Data Submission
GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys PM Boat pre-assigned cleaning site off FRENCH Reef
25 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer E. Kerr
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 112 lbs (estimated)
25.029845, -80.351687
Survey Information
- Location Name
- GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys PM Boat pre-assigned cleaning site off FRENCH Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sail Fish Scuba
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 25 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 52 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.029845
Longitude: -80.351687
- Weather Conditions
-
Slight SE Winds - Seas 2-3 feet, moderate current, 20 - 40 feet visibility, water temperature 88F.
- Survey Depth Range
- 43–68 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 200 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 46 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 10 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 55 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| SCUBA Weight Belt with plastic buckel 6# lead weight & 4 # lead weight attached | 1 |
| Fishing Traps & Pots | 1 |
Additional Information
careless boaters, fishermen, and diver who lost weight belt.
Diver scuba weight belt with a 6# and a 4# weight attached.
lobster trap lines wrapped around corals.
