Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pigeon Cay
18 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Eugenia
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 466 lbs (measured)
16.064776955333, -86.964551554049
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pigeon Cay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- UTILA WATER SPORTS
- City
- UTILA
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 18 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.064776955333
Longitude: -86.964551554049
- Weather Conditions
-
slight
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 700 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 17 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 62 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 48 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 16 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 9 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 37 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 38 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 11 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 150 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 21 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 106 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 26 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 15 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic base (FAN) | 1 |
Additional Information
plastic bottles
beer cans
single use plastics
