Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Old RoadBay - St. Kitts
2 November, 2017
- Team Leader
- David L. Woodlief
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 lbs (estimated)
17.3147829, -62.7963287
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Old RoadBay - St. Kitts
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Carolina Dive Center
- City
- Raleigh
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 2 November, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 17.3147829
Longitude: -62.7963287
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 28–53 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 4000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- Volcanic Sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Nurse Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Wire Mesh |
| Comments | Entangled in wire |
Additional Information
Hurricane Irma and Maria
Beverage Bottles- Recent Hurricane
Cloth Fragments- Recent Hurricane
Wire Mesh- Recent Hurricane
Comments and Feedback
Some debris seemed to be from littering bust most is believed to be from recent Hurricanes.
