Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bat cave
5 March, 2023
- Team Leader
- Carmen
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 lbs (measured)
13.857892809943, -61.063080144232
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bat cave
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba St Lucia
- City
- Soufriere
- Country
- Saint Lucia
- Date
- 5 March, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 48 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.857892809943
Longitude: -61.063080144232
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–30 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1815.1 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 62 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Lobster |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | He managed to free himself after removing the fishing line |
Additional Information
Too much fishing
Trousers
Fishing line
Fishing nets
Plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
This site needs constant cleaning due to amount of fishing going on
This could be a beautiful site for diving and snorkeling if it would be protected
