Dive Against Debris Data Submission
West Bay Beach
23 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Larry Shults
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (estimated)
16.274006, -86.600075
Survey Information
- Location Name
- West Bay Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- West Bay Divers
- City
- Roatan
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 23 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.274006
Longitude: -86.600075
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–65 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 25 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 25 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 20 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 300 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 50 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| bottle penicillan | 1 |
| styrofoam particles | 50 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | sea urchin |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | plastic wrap |
Additional Information
Western winds continue to bring piles of loose debris into the beach areas. Surrounding the island with debris.
A unopened bottle of Penicillin.
Styrofoam
Plastic baggies
plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
Each day my wife an I walk the beach with a bag and fill it with large amounts of debris floating up. If everyone living in a coastal community would do the same we could make a difference.
The reef is beautiful and we all must do our part to save it!
