Destin Jetty
14 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- Scott Cole
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 139 lbs (measured)
30.384910405721, -86.506514083561
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Destin Jetty
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Emerald Coast Scuba
- City
- Destin
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 30.384910405721
Longitude: -86.506514083561
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and hot
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–52 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 28000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 40 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 8 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 12 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 21 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 6 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
Additional Information
Tourist season in the Destin area; this was a post season dive; pre-season dive collected 118lbs, post season dive collected 139lbs; same location. Lots of snorkel gear/parts due to many snorkelers in the area. This is also the area many fisherman go prior to heading out the pass at Destin; often fishing for bait in this area
Oil painting or wall paper; we couldn't tell which. It appeared a boat may have gone done there; lots of pieces of plastic/mast parts/the wallpaper/carpet; perhaps just capsized and lost the mast...not an old boat but a recent one.
Fishing equipment/monofilament
Snorkel Gear
Bottles and cans
Comments and Feedback
This was part of a Dive Against Debris event for Project Aware by Emerald Coast Scuba in Destin Fl. 14 certifications (10 Dive against Debris; 4 Project Aware); 36 divers, two boats, two locations.
