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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Looe Key SPA

2 December, 2018

Team Leader
Kama Cannon
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
101 lbs (measured)

24.55918, -81.418117184809

Survey Information

Location Name
Looe Key SPA
Organization/Dive Centre
DiveN2Life/FKNMS/
City
Big Torch Key
Country
United States
Date
2 December, 2018
Survey Duration
65 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.55918
Longitude: -81.418117184809
Weather Conditions
Sunny, windy, high waves
Survey Depth Range
25–30 feet
Area Surveyed
3000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 225
Plastic Fragments 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
SCUBA Weights 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Pallets 2
Wood Fragments 9
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 120
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 1

Hurricane Irma

a huge tree

Fishing Line

Rope and String

Pieces of wood from traps

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