Dive Against Debris Data Submission
South Pier
13 April, 2013
- Team Leader
- Carolyn Caporusso
- Number of Participants
- 89
- Total Debris Collected
- 500 kgs (estimated)
12.146284, -68.276939
Survey Information
- Location Name
- South Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 13 April, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.146284
Longitude: -68.276939
- Weather Conditions
-
clear and calm with no rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–30 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 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) | 16 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 6 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 74 |
| Fishing: Line | 365 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 7 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 193 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 16 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 72 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 345 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 16 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 11 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 10 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 1 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 22 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 61 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 4 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 10 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 18 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 83 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 20 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 36 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sunglasses | 4 |
| Goat Skull | 1 |
| Umbrella stand | 1 |
| Paint | 1 |
| Full can of sardines | 1 |
| Full can of spam | 1 |
| Knife | 2 |
