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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Silversands

14 April, 2018

Team Leader
Michelle
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
54.5 kgs (measured)

12.033110140457, -61.758585589096

Survey Information

Location Name
Silversands
Organization/Dive Centre
Aquanauts Grenada
City
St. George’s
Country
Grenada
Date
14 April, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.033110140457
Longitude: -61.758585589096
Weather Conditions
Sunny, calm seas
Survey Depth Range
1–3 meters
Area Surveyed
11734.8 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 47
Bags: Trash (plastic) 19
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 41
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 150
Fishing: Line 13
Food Wrappers (plastic) 178
Furnishings (plastic) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 78
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 5
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 33
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
other materials collected
Condom wrapper 1

Food wrappers

Plastic cups


Huge construction occurring on the shore <50 ft from our clean up site.

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