Oro Verde
3 February, 2016
- Team Leader
- Stephen J. Aynsley
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
19.33856, -81.39048
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Oro Verde
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers Down, Grand Cayman
- City
- 7 Mile Beach
- Country
- Cayman Islands
- Date
- 3 February, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 19.33856
Longitude: -81.39048
- Weather Conditions
-
Extremely rough seas with large swells. The west coast was largely un-divable for a majority of the last week
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper cups | 5 |
| Solid, square cute wood fragment | 1 |
| small plastic water bottle | 1 |
| plastic drinking water bottle caps | 3 |
| Plastic cups | 3 |
| Food wrappers | 5 |
| Plastic snorkel keeper | 1 |
| Plastic cup fragments | 8 |
Additional Information
Over the past 2 weeks we've had very adverse weather conditions. So much so, that even cruise ships could not come to the island. This led me to postpone a scheduled debris dive until next week and use this opportunity with keen divers to conduct an ad-lib debris dive as part of our regular AM trip. I could see that the weather could contribute to shifting debris around but I am still surprised to have found so many cups/wrappers here.
Nothing unusual, the site is a popular dive site so scuba gear is not unexpected. It was strange to see the cups and wrappers considering that is normally found on the more popular snorkel sites
Paper cups
Plastic cups
food wrappers
Comments and Feedback
My comments are merely to repeat the things I've already highlighted in previous comments during this submission.
