Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tarpon Hole
9 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 23
- Total Debris Collected
- 161 lbs (measured)
24.888633, -80.5461
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tarpon Hole
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.888633
Longitude: -80.5461
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 45–85 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 30 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor chain | 2 |
| Anchor | 3 |
Additional Information
Commercial and recreational fishing
Fishing pole
Anchor line
Anchors
Lobster trap debris
