Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Jewel Cay, Los Cayitos Utila
26 October, 2022
- Team Leader
- Renata Bonfa
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 148 lbs (measured)
16.063465848013, -86.968887097252
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Jewel Cay, Los Cayitos Utila
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bay Islands College of Diving
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 26 October, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.063465848013
Longitude: -86.968887097252
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy with floods in mainland and neighbor countries
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 72 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 65 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 88 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 51 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 10 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 8 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | juvenile fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | PLASTIC BOTTLES |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | brittle starfish, crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | PLASTIC |
Additional Information
it is common practice from the cays, small islands near utila, to dispose of their trash in the ocean\
toilet seat and chair
plastic bottles
plastic cutlery
food packaging
