Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hillsboro Ledge
9 February, 2013
- Team Leader
- AJ Townsend
- Number of Participants
- 33
- Total Debris Collected
- 500 lbs (estimated)
26.285643, -80.07102
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hillsboro Ledge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Southern Scuba School
- City
- Pompano Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 February, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 100 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.285643
Longitude: -80.07102
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm all week. West wind that switched to the NE that morning which kicked the seas up.
- Survey Depth Range
- 35–70 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 12 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 78 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Huge piece of fiberglass. Looked like a piece of a boat hull. Also found a fiberglass Seadoo cover.
