Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Polo Beach
16 June, 2024
- Team Leader
- Kelvin Dale
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 lbs (estimated)
20.677538, -156.445159
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Polo Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Maui Dreams Dive Co
- City
- Wailea
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 June, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.677538
Longitude: -156.445159
- Weather Conditions
-
South swell surge
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 5238.48 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Day octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic toy pitcher |
| Comments | Octopus was at the bottom of the toy piitcher covered by a shell. We tried to empty the shell out in the water but it was stuck. Didn’t realize there was an octopus until we were on land and it crawled out. We took it back to the ocean and released it |
Additional Information
Tourism snorkel site
Plastic toy pitcher with octopus
Sunglasses
Hair scrunchies
Snorkel gear
Comments and Feedback
Dove with Davey Dale
Davey Dale rescued the octopus
