Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Manchioneel Bay
25 February, 2012
- Team Leader
- Johan Kloppers
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (estimated)
18.385438, -64.513736
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Manchioneel Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sail caruibbean Divers
- City
- Cooper Island
- Country
- British Virgin Islands
- Date
- 25 February, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.385438
Longitude: -64.513736
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, Hot & Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 12 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cigar Tips | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 3 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 17 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 3 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 26 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 3 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 33 |
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 9 |
| Cloth Fragments | 10 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 11 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Umbrella | 1 |
| Scuba Tank | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Comments | Octopus x 3, in coke cans. |
Additional Information
Umbrella
