Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Seaward Looe Key SPA SW
21 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kama Cannon
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 490 lbs (measured)
24.600279825655, -81.343376899045
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Seaward Looe Key SPA SW
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DiveN2Life/Looe Key Dive Center/FKNMS/
- City
- Big Torch Key
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.600279825655
Longitude: -81.343376899045
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 30–55 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 0.1 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 29 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Construction Grate | 1 |
Additional Information
Hurricane Irma, 2017
Metal construction grate
Derelict traps
Rope and Buoys
Pieces of wood from traps
