Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hillsboro Ledge
9 February, 2013
- Team Leader
- AJ Townsend
- Number of Participants
- 33
- Total Debris Collected
- 400 lbs (estimated)
26.287551, -80.068402
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hillsboro Ledge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Southern Scuba School
- City
- Pompano Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 February, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 100 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.287551
Longitude: -80.068402
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm seas through the morning of the dive. No big storms. Wind out of the west most of the week then switched out of the Northeast the morning of the dive.
- Survey Depth Range
- 35–60 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 12 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 80 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
Additional tires were seen but some of the divers did not have the proper training or equipment to lift them.
