Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Karel's Pier
21 January, 2012
- Team Leader
- Carolyn Caporusso
- Number of Participants
- 102
- Total Debris Collected
- 750 kgs (estimated)
12.151759, -68.277959
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Karel's Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 21 January, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.151759
Longitude: -68.277959
- Weather Conditions
-
calm, infrequent rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–30 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 23 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 39 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 238 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 102 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 148 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 6 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1085 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 133 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 44 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 6 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 8 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 34 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 2 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 16 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 3 |
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 6 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 21 |
| Towels/rags | 5 |
| Cloth Fragments | 18 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 5 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 13 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 10 |
| Clothing | 14 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 3 |
| Fireworks | 39 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Ashtray | 1 |
| Broom | 1 |
| Cellphone | 2 |
