Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Stay Reef/Royal Carribbean
24 September, 2023
- Team Leader
- Bonnie Waxman
- Number of Participants
- 24
- Total Debris Collected
- 85 lbs (measured)
25.727633, -80.099467
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Stay Reef/Royal Carribbean
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Debris Free Oceans/Deco Divers
- City
- Miami
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 24 September, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.727633
Longitude: -80.099467
- Weather Conditions
-
mostly clear and calm morning conditions, stormy afternoons/evenings
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–32 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 100 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 18 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| giant metal cage piece (~50 lbs) | 1 |
Additional Information
giant metal cage piece (~50 lbs) that took 5 divers to safely bring to the surface!
