Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Honu Hale Kapaa
8 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Scott Bacon
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 235 kgs (measured)
22.079977834212, -159.31285692925
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Honu Hale Kapaa
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Malama Na Apapa/Makana O Kauai Scuba Adventures
- City
- Anahola
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 8 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.079977834212
Longitude: -159.31285692925
- Weather Conditions
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3- 5 foot windward swells, one large rain storm with large amounts of silt run off, but this site is somewhat protected from silt runoff and viz was ok about 30 foot viz which is average for this dive site
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 13043 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
Additional Information
There was a large dredge net, we removed a about half of it which was the majority of our debris weight, It was 230 kilo, very large net and this was only half of the net.
Net, breaking and killing coral
Tires, breaking and killing corals
Comments and Feedback
Photos forthcoming
