Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cane Garden Bay beach

25 April, 2012

Team Leader
Meron Napier
Number of Participants
60
Total Debris Collected
600 lbs (estimated)

Survey Information

Location Name
Cane Garden Bay beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Myett's with Sail Caribbean Divers
City
Tortola
Country
British Virgin Islands
Date
25 April, 2012
Survey Duration
360 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude:
Longitude:
Weather Conditions
Little precipitation, some swell
Survey Depth Range
0–10 meters
Area Surveyed
1250 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 23
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 10
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 42
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 12
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 30
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 77
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 26
Furnishings (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 9
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 23
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 27
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 6
Jars-food (glass) 3
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 15
Beverage Bottles (glass) 114
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 52
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 6
Caps & Lids (metal) 12
SCUBA Weights 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 19
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 6
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 3
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 7
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Towels/rags 15
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 12
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 6
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Toys 2
other materials collected
Boat parts 6
Boat hooks 3
Anchor 2
Chain 1
Fuels station pump 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Comments Sponges and Sea Fans

Fuel station pump


There is lots more debris to collect. We started with a systematic search but found large areas of debris around moorings. Not enough divers, but intend to go back wit a buddy team on each mooring. Snorkelers were successful in retrieving almost all they could from shallow water and around the reef.

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?