Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Phil Foster Park, Blue Heron Bridge Dive
17 September, 2011
- Team Leader
- Shana Phelan
- Number of Participants
- 50
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 lbs (estimated)
26.785063, -80.037541
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Phil Foster Park, Blue Heron Bridge Dive
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Palm Beach County Diving Assocation
- City
- Riviera Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 17 September, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 240 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.785063
Longitude: -80.037541
- Weather Conditions
-
warm and calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 66000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy bottom with bridge and other substrate for colonization.
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 86 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 8 |
| Balloons | 18 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 42 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 361 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 10 |
| Cigar Tips | 470 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 74 |
| Fishing: Line | 33 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 230 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 85 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 21 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 351 |
| Tampon Applicators | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 297 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1565 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 18 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 24 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 85 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 48 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 6 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 36 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 5 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 19 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 17 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 86 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 5 |
| Clothing | 17 |
| Tampons | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
Additional Information
fishing interaction
