Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Utila Harbor
30 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Konrad Madej
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 31 lbs (measured)
16.096275, -86.898188
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Utila Harbor
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 30 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.096275
Longitude: -86.898188
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, no rain, generally calm waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 18236 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 26 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 27 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 195 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 9 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| household material (plastic) | 5 |
| Deoderant stick | 1 |
| Caulking | 1 |
Additional Information
Bars and houses along the water edge
shoe
plastic fragments
food wrappers
cups, plates, silverware (plastic)
