Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cuban Freighter
21 July, 2019
- Team Leader
- Madeline Kaufman
- Number of Participants
- 25
- Total Debris Collected
- 153 lbs (measured)
25.7044, -80.0884
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cuban Freighter
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diver's Paradise
- City
- Miami
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 July, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.7044
Longitude: -80.0884
- Weather Conditions
-
Moderate
- Survey Depth Range
- 25–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 18 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 9 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 19 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 6 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 172 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 28 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Clothing | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Soft coral |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | rope |
Additional Information
ghost lobster traps and fishing materials
wood pieces
rope
