Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Utila Harbor
27 March, 2014
- Team Leader
- Lucie Brown
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 102 lbs (measured)
16.096543, -86.899691
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Utila Harbor
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 27 March, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.096543
Longitude: -86.899691
- Weather Conditions
-
High wind into harbor
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 9863.9 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 14 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 144 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 36 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fan - metal and plastic | 1 |
| Fan stand - metal and plastic | 1 |
| Drinks blender stand - metal and plastic | 1 |
| Paint roller - plastic and cloth | 1 |
| Diaper | 1 |
| Loafer | 1 |
| Vinyl LP | 1 |
| Shaving razor - plastic | 1 |
| Plastic tape holder with fabric | 1 |
| Baby monitor - plastic and electronic | 1 |
Additional Information
Drinking and bars on the waterfront
Baby monitor
Plastic bottles
Aluminium drink cans
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
We made a decision to not collect any glass as they weighed a lot and seemed to become homes for many different forms of marine life.
