Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tavernier off Snapper to Pickles DEEP pre-set Sites
16 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer E. Kerr
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 250 lbs (estimated)
24.984391, -80.41342
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tavernier off Snapper to Pickles DEEP pre-set Sites
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sail Fish Scuba
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 49 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.984391
Longitude: -80.41342
- Weather Conditions
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Stormy Afternoon conditions today. 15 - 20 mph winds and several thunder/lightning showers surrounding us while out on the boat. Seas range from 2.5 to 4.5 feet during this trip. Other than that it has been a hot and humid week with hardly any wind or rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 34–58 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 600 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 500 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Anchors | 4 |
| Stainless Steel Chain | 30 feet |
| Suction Cup / Boat cup holder | 1 |
| Plastic Large Sheet Cake Box with lid 24x16" | 1 |
Additional Information
Careless boaters out on the water, let water bottles and plastic birthday cake boxes and suction cup boat cup holders fly off the boat while running. Just careless humans boating, forget to tie off anchor lines when drop anchor, and all 100+ feet of line goes off the boat to the bottom onto the reef. Lots of careless humans fishing, letting way too much line out while trolling and the lines get tangled in the coral reef over hundreds of feet, and then the fisherman just cuts the line.
Large Sheet Cake/ Birthday Cake box with lid
hundreds of feet of anchor lines tangled around barrel sponges and corals.
hundreds of feet long of monofilament fishing line tangled in the reef and barrel sponges
