Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Christine Ball
20 September, 2014
- Team Leader
- Christine Ball
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
12.164411, -68.285434
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Christine Ball
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Great Adventures Bonaire #2372
- City
- Kralendijk / Bonaire
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 20 September, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.164411
Longitude: -68.285434
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, slight wind form the south east.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5.3–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 44451 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 40 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 100 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 10 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Ceramic Gnome | 1 |
| Ceramic Sink | 1 |
| Plastic dock box | 1 |
| plastic bucket | 1 |
| electrical cable | 8 |
| Metal Propeller | 1 |
Additional Information
normal tidal conditions bringing in trash to the marina. Fishermen discarding line. There are a number of tyres at the edge of the site that have been dumped in the past by the public is was decided not to remove due to them crowing corals and being a shallow reef for fish.
garden Gnome - in the Caribbean!
Plastic slat chairs are a hazard to catch marine life
marine battery - leaching acid to the ocean
Fishing line. Turtles swim by and we have had juvenile Mantas in the area.
