Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS217 - Minnow Cave
24 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Joel B. Adams
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 lbs (estimated)
25.130666666667, -80.294333333333
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS217 - Minnow Cave
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Reef Dive Center
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 24 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.130666666667
Longitude: -80.294333333333
- Weather Conditions
-
Hurricane Irma / calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–18 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 200 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 12 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 28 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 14 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglass sections | 2 |
Additional Information
Hurricane Irma's recent trip through the reefs and wrecks that we commonly dive off of Key Largo, Florida has resulted in the degradation of local equipment and possibly the delivery of new debris from places south from which Hurricane Irma came.
Fiberglass debris possibly from a boat
Fishing line
Wood fragments
Plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
Post Hurricane Irma
