Dive Against Debris Data Submission
South Pier
17 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Carolyn Caporusso
- Number of Participants
- 116
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (estimated)
12.146842, -68.277393
Survey Information
- Location Name
- South Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Friends Bonaire
- City
- Kralendijk
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 17 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.146842
Longitude: -68.277393
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–30 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 9888.74 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 7 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 26 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 31 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 90 |
| Fishing: Line | 424 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 17 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 16 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 2 |
| Toothbrushes | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 154 |
| Cigarette Filters | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 24 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 9 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 398 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 362 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Appliances: Household | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 27 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 40 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 87 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 6 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 10 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 64 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 5 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| Tires/tyres | 4 |
| Rubber Fragments | 18 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Pallets | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 6 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 29 |
| Towels/rags | 18 |
| Cloth Fragments | 51 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 17 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 27 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 5 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 34 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| Clothing | 4 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 7 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| license plate | 1 |
| electrical fuse | 3 |
| mop | 1 |
| duct tape | 1 |
| drivers license | 1 |
| brush | 1 |
| sunglasses | 1 |
| broom | 1 |
Additional Information
fishing line
