Dive Against Debris Data Submission
CFK Lagoon
6 October, 2023
- Team Leader
- Lucja Rice
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (estimated)
24.584094787932, -81.745335566567
Survey Information
- Location Name
- CFK Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The College of the Florida Keys
- City
- Key West
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 6 October, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.584094787932
Longitude: -81.745335566567
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–37 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 7200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- mangroves
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
There is elementary school on the south side of the dive lagoon and college dorms on the north west side.
a sock
plastic - kept breaking while we were trying to pick it up
