Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Paradise Reef
20 July, 2024
- Team Leader
- Maddie Kaufman
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 lbs (measured)
25.659193, -80.09736
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Paradise Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Deco Divers
- City
- Miami
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 20 July, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.659193
Longitude: -80.09736
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 22 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
Additional Information
coral restoration research assessing if phade straws can protect microfragments from fish predation
