Dive Against Debris Data Submission
South Pier
21 July, 2012
- Team Leader
- Carolyn Caporusso
- Number of Participants
- 115
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
12.1464, -68.277047
Survey Information
- Location Name
- South Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 21 July, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.1464
Longitude: -68.277047
- Weather Conditions
-
good
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–25 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 60 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 34 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 54 |
| Fishing: Line | 101 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 10 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 187 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 79 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 188 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 43 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 11 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 41 |
| Cloth Fragments | 36 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 13 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 16 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| anchor | 2 |
| cd | 2 |
| thermos | 1 |
| bottle opener | 1 |
| sunglasses | 1 |
| earring | 1 |
| tiles | 5 |
