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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Coral Garden

12 May, 2023

Team Leader
Michael Ryan
Number of Participants
18
Total Debris Collected
256.3 lbs (measured)

24.8369333333, -80.7278

Survey Information

Location Name
Coral Garden
Organization/Dive Centre
Key Dives
City
Islamorada
Country
United States
Date
12 May, 2023
Survey Duration
70 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.8369333333
Longitude: -80.7278
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
6–16 feet
Area Surveyed
1000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Fishing: Line 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Plastic Fragments 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
SCUBA Weights 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 27
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 7
other materials collected
Anchor and chain 1

Blanket,

rope and fishing line

broken up traps

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