Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Phil Foster Park
7 December, 2013
- Team Leader
- Shana Phelan
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 19.3 lbs (measured)
26.784234, -80.042653
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Phil Foster Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pura Vida Divers
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 7 December, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 100 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.784234
Longitude: -80.042653
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 43470 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 15 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 8 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 12 |
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Car Speaker | 1 |
| Head phones | 1 |
| ATM Bank Card | 1 |
| License Plate | 1 |
| Road Reflector | 1 |
| Duck Tape Pieces | 2 |
| Metal Tape Measure | 1 |
| Dock Cleat | 2 |
Additional Information
There is major road work occurring two blocks from the dive site
Road Reflector
fishing line
construction debris
Comments and Feedback
The beach adjacent to the dive site is covered in cigarette butts, alcohol containers, condoms, and drug paraphernalia. We collected 22 lbs of trash from the beach in addition to the 19.3 lbs collected underwater.
