Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Jewel Cay
16 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Laura Olarte
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 134 lbs (measured)
16.064553821679, -86.964135406601
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Jewel Cay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Utila Dive Center
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 16 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.064553821679
Longitude: -86.964135406601
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 18 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 22 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 52 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 34 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 70 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 25 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pallets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
