Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Turtle Rocks
8 September, 2021
- Team Leader
- Jesus Gudino
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 522.8 lbs (measured)
25.16969, -80.12413
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turtle Rocks
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Shop at The Reef
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 8 September, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.16969
Longitude: -80.12413
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 21–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1056 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 102 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| pliers | 1 |
Additional Information
No
pliers
rope
lobster traps
trap scraps
Comments and Feedback
So much rope and trap material!!
The reef was pristine except for all the trap debris
