Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pigeon Cay
24 January, 2024
- Team Leader
- Hanna Sharland
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 189 lbs (measured)
16.097620007159, -86.896820059201
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pigeon Cay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bay Islands College of Diving
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 24 January, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.097620007159
Longitude: -86.896820059201
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, clear, minimal current
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 43 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 39 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 62 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 33 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 4 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 30 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 12 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 5 |
| Clothing | 14 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Umbrella | 1 |
| X-ray | 1 |
| Nylon Sacks | 16 |
Additional Information
Local pollution
X-ray from 2005
Plastic fragments
Large metal sheets
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
We chose to leave all the trash pictured, as a lot of sponges and coral had started growing on here already.
