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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Newfound Harbor

30 March, 2019

Team Leader
Kama Cannon
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
500 lbs (estimated)

24.627153904996, -81.366171065979

Survey Information

Location Name
Newfound Harbor
Organization/Dive Centre
DiveN2Life/Looe Key Dive Center/FKNMS
City
Ramrod Key
Country
United States
Date
30 March, 2019
Survey Duration
80 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.627153904996
Longitude: -81.366171065979
Weather Conditions
Windy with 3-5 foot seas
Survey Depth Range
12–20 feet
Area Surveyed
1951490 ft2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 4
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
metal materials collected
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
Wood Fragments 46
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 8
other materials collected
Hose 1
Gas tank 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name lobster, crab, nudibranch
Number Entangled 7
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris gas tank

Hurricane Irma

gas tank and hose

traps

rope

trap debris

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