Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Toy Box & Playpen
12 April, 2014
- Team Leader
- Shana Phelan
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 lbs (estimated)
26.75019, -80.016741
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Toy Box & Playpen
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pura Vida Divers
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 12 April, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.75019
Longitude: -80.016741
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 45–60 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 87750 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial reef: A wreck and cement colverts
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Battery Charger | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Nurse Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | 30ft of fishing line, 2 metal hooks and metal leader wire |
| Comments | All was removed except 1 fishing hook and the 6ft nurse shark was released unharmed |
Additional Information
Battery Charger
fishing line
plastic bags
