Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS92 - Grand Anse Beach
5 October, 2018
- Team Leader
- Christine
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 48 lbs (measured)
12.026987137625, -61.763993088988
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS92 - Grand Anse Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eco dive
- City
- Grand Anse
- Country
- Grenada
- Date
- 5 October, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.026987137625
Longitude: -61.763993088988
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm small north swell lots of rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 12 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 63 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 62 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 19 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 17 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 2 |
Additional Information
Plastics
Food containers and packaging
Comments and Feedback
Environment day for Pure Dive Fest 2018. Included kids outreach and chasing coral and plastic ocean viewing on the beach
Water was very murky from morning rain and street gutters had washed out that morning
