Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Nixon Beach Sandbar
13 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Amanda Di Perna
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 77.5 lbs (measured)
25.68907, -80.1784
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Nixon Beach Sandbar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The International SeaKeepers Society
- City
- Miami
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 13 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.68907
Longitude: -80.1784
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 66 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 45 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 7 |
| Electronic Cigarettes | 4 |
