Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mandy's Eel Garden
20 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Malcolm
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 lbs (estimated)
16.273346, -86.598015
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mandy's Eel Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- West Bay Divers
- City
- Roatan
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 20 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.273346
Longitude: -86.598015
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm periodic rains
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–45 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 7000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 25 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 25 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 8 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 50 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 500 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 50 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 15 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1000 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 24 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 10 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 15 |
| Tampons | 2 |
Additional Information
The change in the tides have brought a large amount of debris to the reef.
soles of shoes
plastic wraps all over the place
plastic bags all over
Plastic bottles all over
Comments and Feedback
Keep up the good work. Roatan's trash removal service needs to improve as there was trash overflowing all over the towns and municipalities.
While on vacation in Roatan I was shocked with all the trash and debris all over the beaches and roadways. We asked our Dive Shop, West Bay Divers if they could establish a clean up dive.They obliged and we collected debris. Through the week as my wife and I walked to and from the shop we cleaned debris from the beaches.
