Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Horseshoe Reef Jan 2019 /FKNMS
13 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Michael Creese
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 75 lbs (estimated)
25.08362, -80.17641
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Horseshoe Reef Jan 2019 /FKNMS
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Island Ventures
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 13 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.08362
Longitude: -80.17641
- Weather Conditions
-
Wind 20-25 knots
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 20 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
Additional Information
Lobster Harvest Hurricane Irma
Boat trim
Lobster traps
Rope
Lobster line
Comments and Feedback
On January 13 2019 we surveyed Horseshoe reef. We conducted two 30 minute surveys at the reef.We found 2 bottoms of lobster traps and loose trap material along with rope and fishing line. We will be returning to this site as we still need to survey the other side.
