Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ponquogue Bridge
5 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Yurika Tomita
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 67.1 lbs (measured)
40.842056888806, -72.498817274105
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ponquogue Bridge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hampton Dive Center
- City
- Riverhead
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 5 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.842056888806
Longitude: -72.498817274105
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–1 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 124821 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- eel grass and Mussels
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 21 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 11 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 13 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab (not sure of species), stone crab and mud crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | entanglement |
