Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Horseshoe
18 July, 2021
- Team Leader
- Michael Creese
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 lbs (estimated)
25.08387, -80.17659
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Horseshoe
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Island Ventures
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 18 July, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.08387
Longitude: -80.17659
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–24 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 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 | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Spiney Lobster |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Lobster trap |
| Comments | Trapped in ghost trap |
Additional Information
Hurricane Irma
Ghost trap with 2 live lobsters
Lobster traps
fiberglass
wood
Comments and Feedback
A group of 8 divers helped to clear the debris field north of Horseshoe reef of 1 complete ghost trap, many feet of trap line and general trap debris.! We also cleared the area by Grecian rocks, our intention was to clear the ghost bouys and trap. We recovered 1 ghost trap. Total of 210lbds of debris recovered and taken to transfer station
