Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS364 - Toucari Bay
5 April, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kayla
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 24 lbs (measured)
15.608601, -61.465361
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS364 - Toucari Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SALT / OUR SALTY PASSPORTS
- City
- Toucari
- Country
- Dominica
- Date
- 5 April, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.608601
Longitude: -61.465361
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 31151.2 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) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Galvanized roofing | 6 |
| Plastic signage | 1 |
| Plastic siding | 1 |
| Plastic sunglasses | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Squid |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bag |
Additional Information
Hurricane Maria
Seatbelt buckle assembly with carpet attached
Galvanized roofing
Large timber (can't remove myself)
Power lines / other municipal hurricane debris
Comments and Feedback
Trying to clean up our bay after the hurricane is difficult but we are trying one dive at a time
